효자전, 전쟁과 평화의 사이

Abstract

From the beginning, Joseon adopted Confucianism as its state religion and emphasized the ethics of filial piety. Filial piety, which was considered important in normal times, was given greater emphasis and recognition after the war. The purpose was to stabilize people’s livelihood and establish social discipline by restoring ethics not only during the war but also after the war. The problem is that whether it was during the war or after the war, the filial piety system was pushed forward unreasonably while the social system was not yet in order. There were too many filial piety recipients recommended, and it was not easy to reward many filial piety recipients at once. In the end, they arbitrarily adjusted the number and restricted women and farmers, but faced opposition. All of the recommended filial piety were canceled because they were false, exaggerated, and distorted. The idea of ​​filial piety to stabilize the people’s livelihood and establish social discipline only created problems. The filial piety award, which had been postponed to a later date, was implemented later, but in the process, the wrongdoing became worse. While trying to fix the pain of war through filial piety, the problem actually got bigger. In the late Joseon Dynasty, money was demanded from those recommended for the filial piety award, and as this became a custom, the filial piety award became a hotbed of corruption. There were a lot of filial piety practitioners in the late Joseon Dynasty, but it was during that period that there were the most problems. In this paper, we traced this issue of filial piety in the late Joseon Dynasty. In normal times, filial piety was a factor that stabilized the family and society. Even during the war, filial piety increased and did not decrease. The government pursued stability by rewarding them, but in an unprepared state, the government was incompetent and lacked thoroughness. Since then, the filial piety award has continued, but the problem is that corruption has increased. The purest and most ethical act of filial piety has become a means of corruption. In normal times, too much filial piety was a problem, but after the war, corruption became a problem.