청음 김상헌의 경세사상

Abstract

In the late 16th century through the mid-17th century when Chungeum, Kim sanghyun(1570-1652) who belonged to the faction of the rejection of peace lived during the Manchu invasion, East Asia underwent a rapid change in the reshuffle of international order and the Joseon Dynasty at the time was seized with chaos both home and abroad, going through Injo’s restoration, Yikwal’s rebellion, the Chinese Invasion of Joseon Dynasty, the Manchu invasion. Chungeum attracted public attention expressing the rejection of peace with scholarly conviction based on great cause during both Chinese Invasion and the Manchu invasion and got a view of administration for the management of state undergoing several national crises as a bureaucrat. Citing traditional royal politics of Confucianism focused on qualities of a monarch as an example, he emphasized that a monarch should influence his people by virtuous example by cultivating his mind diligently through Neo-Confucianism and recovering upright mind. The main point of his political thought is moderate politics which a monarch executes with impartial mind, not selfish mind and politics for the livelihoods of the public as clarifying that political affairs certainly should conform to public mind first. Meanwhile, Chungeum’s economic view is well written on 『Shipaechaja』 in 1629(the king Injo the 7th). He demanded to the King Injo that economic reform should be needed, revealing corruption that occurred in collecting taxes in the government office at the time. Also he demanded economic reform raising an issue of the real condition of national fiances. And his self-reliant awareness of revenging the sense of shame that had been formed since the Manchu invasion led to the nation’s self-defense and formed his governing thought. Also his realistic reform will that is represented in the ploy judging state affairs is well displayed in the timely memorial he addressed to the King as being loyal to the king for long and taking the lead in political situation.