『홍범연의洪範衍義』를 통해 본 존재存齋‧ 갈암葛庵의 학문

Abstract

Jonjae(存齋) Lee Hwui-il (李徽逸: 1619∼1672) and Galam(葛庵) Lee Hyun-il(李玄逸: 1627∼1704) were renowned brothers and scholars of neo-Confucianism in Yeongnam in the 17th century. They also kept in mind the ‘Governing Science (經世學)’ and so compiled over many years the text Hongbeomyeonui(洪範衍義). However in the 17th century, the scholars of Yeongnam had a hard time studying neo-Confucianism and as a consequence, neglected to make concrete alternatives in real politics. In this circumstances, the brothers Lee Hwui-il and Lee Hyun-il were engaged in the task of recognizing the idea of ‘Hongbeom(Great Plan, 洪範)’ in Shujing(the Book of Documents, 書經) as the grand principle of politics and devoted themselves to the task of leaving rules to the world. The composition of Hongbeomyeonui was conceived by Lee Hwui-il as well as the order of classification of the text, and Lee Hyun-il composed the contents according to the order. It began to be written in 1652 and was completed in 1686. After that, supplementary work continued by later scholars for about 100 years. The original 20 books were compiled into 28 books and 13 volumes, after a detailed explanation of the ‘Hongbeomguju(Great Plan of Nine Clauses, 洪範九疇)’ in only 65 characters, in a vast amount of almost 450,000 characters. Indeed, it is the definitive version of the 'Studies of Hongbeom(Studies of Great Plan, 洪範學)'. It is not too much to refer to Hongbeomyeonui as one of the two major writings on the late Joseon Dynasty’s governing science along with You Hyeong-won's Bangyesoorok(磻溪隨錄). Taking Hongbeomyeonui as a textbook, this paper focused on the governing science to study the academic characteristics of Lee Hwui-il and Lee Hyun-il. I mainly examined their academic background, characteristics of governing science and the comparison with Joseon late governing science genealogy. They have a difference from the governing science of the same faction called Southerners(南人) who are based on the rites of Zhou(周禮), such as You Hyeong-won(柳馨遠), Lee Ik (李瀷), Jeong Yak-yong(丁若鏞), etc. The governing science of Lee Hwui-il and Lee Hyun-il, who presented the example of governing science and education to being an emperor, can be regarded as a bridge between the 17th and the 18th century governing sciences.