肅宗朝의 死六臣 追崇과 書院祭享

Abstract

This paper deals with the evaluation of six leaders of the Plot to restore the deposed King Tanjong, which was debated in the Government and the People in Choson dynasty over centuries. Based on the confucianistic righteousness and moral obligation, the Literati had revered six leaders of the Plot to restore the deposed King Tanjong for putting it into pratice in the real world. The royalty, meanwhile, makes danger of the leaders because they degraded King Sejo and also undermine legitimacy. After a long eclectic process, it was dramatically resolved by the King SukJong period; the leaders were reinstated and Nosan-gun who was deposed from throne, was restored to Tanjong by the king's own judgement. Solving the problem which the Literati has persisted, Sukjong tried to regain his authority which had been weakened enough to be said that the Royal Power is weak but a minister's strong. Furthermore, as a king he also held the right of public morals that the Salim Scholars hold before. This gave the king the political purpose to stabalize the confucian politic's ideal sovereign's figure: "King with the Getting Moral Power". The lesson we have learned through pursuit of hundred years of government and the people's pending issue of six leaders of the plot to restore the deposed King Tanjong; is that, no matter what the justification and tenor is the ultimate solution depends on the interest of the practical men of power. That is the political attributes and it is what the authentic Real Politiker should take in consideration in history.