영남삼로의 역할과 그 위상

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the contemporary roles and status of Baekbulam Choi Heung-won, Daesan Lee Sang-jeong, and Namya Park Son-gyeong, known as the ‘Yeongnam Samro’(嶺南三老). They are remembered and called by the Yeongnam Nam-in(嶺南南人) as well as the Geunggi Nam-in(近畿南人) as representative figures of Yeongnam and as figures who exemplify the image of Confucian intellectuals. Their reform policy, scholarship, and moral conduct are evaluated as typical of Confucian intellectuals by Yeongnam’s Ipjae Jeong Jong-ro, as well as Geunggi’s Sunam An Jeong-bok, Beonam Che Jae-gong, and Dasan Jeong Yak-yong. Despite this, there is very little research on them. In particular, it is no exaggeration to say that there is almost no research on Namya except for Daesan and Baekbulam. This can be confirmed by the fact that there is only one literary study on Namya. Furthermore, there has been no research on the relationship between the ‘Yeongnam Samro’ and their mutual understanding. Baekbulam, Daesan, and Namya sent their children, nephews, sons-in-law, and disciples to each other to learn about academics, ethics, and economics. In particular, they were related in that they had a common goal of organizing, maintaining, and advancing the other’s academic traditions as well as Toegye’s scholarship. To this end, this study will examine the role and status of ‘Yeongnam Samro’ through their scholarship and ideology, as well as their thoughts on each other and the evaluations of Confucian intellectuals in Yeongnam and Geunggi.