성균관박사 이흠李嶔의 입격과정과 경의문대

Abstract

After abolition of the state examination in 1894, the Government carried out Confucian books dialogue(經義問對) for the purpose of cheering Confucian scholars up and selecting talented person who know much of the study of Chinese classics. Confucian books dialogue was a kind of test for Seongkyunkwan to host for Confucianist in the whole country over a total of four times for 11 years. But people know nothing of what it was. Accordingly, although there was a list of the study Chinese classics questions in the personal anthology or diary in the late period of Chosun, people didn’t know that it was a part of Confucian books dialogue. But Lee heum’s diary Seoyumallok and his anthology Gyeyangyugo let us know clearly that, because a list of the four Chinese classics questions proclaimed over four times remains intact in both works. Furthermore, it can be known how Confucian books dialogue changed by his diary writing his event down. Confucian books dialogue was a kind of test that gave the degree of doctor to a certain number of persons passing the preliminary selection examination. Number of successful candidates considered regional distribution, and it was fixed with previous number of liberal arts in the late period test. Lee heum passed only the preliminary examination to the 3rd round, and at last succeeded in becoming the doctor in the 4th round. His diary shows these facts.