다산 정약용의 목민서에 나타난 호남지방-지역사의 시각에서 바라본 다산과 그의 저술-

Abstract

Dasan, Cheong Yakyong completed three distinguished books during his 18 years of exile in Gyuldong, Gangjin in Jeonla-do in the year 1801-1818. During this time, unarguably, he developed quite a close affection with this region and that is well reflected in his books. His books are significant since those are based on ① his own personal experience and ② hold an in-depth understanding of the region that can not be compared with that of any other ordinary people. Large part of his experience is actually based on this region and he frequently mentioned the name‘ Honam’in his books. During the exile in Gangjin, he recoded very small details about social aspects and his book, ‘Mokminseo’presents problems and proposes suggestions. It is said that in his writing work, about 10 people who followed his ideas participated. Dasan was with an intellectual who studied a realism in Honam and as an intellectual out of office, they provided critical voices towards the government at the latter part of Choseon dynasty. Tree renowned realists in Honam, Wee Baekgyun, Hwang Yunseok and Ha Baekwon flourished a realism ahead of Dasan. Actually it is quite probable that many others studied a realism in Honam before them. In Mokminseo, Dasan clearly recoded what he witnessed, heard and experienced in the region. Many of the examples and quotations he presented in his books, for instance, are either from Chinese books or from history books but considerable part of them are also from his own experiences in Honam.