일제강점기 김옥균의 초상- 김옥균 묘사에 나타난 한국 근대 문명인식의 지성사적 고찰 -

Abstract

Kim Ok Gyun is a reformist to have lived a short and tragic life in Korea modern times. And then people began portraying him from a few versions. Shin Chae Ho, who is a representative fighter for Korea independence, matched him to Park Gyu Su and his grandfather, Park Ji Won, were all Korea traditional reformers. Because he intended to conform that Korea could be independent by himself. Japan portrayed that he led Gapsin Coup modeling the Meiji Restoration in Japan. Japan need someone foreign to propagandize and spread out her policy of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Kim was almost the only foreigner. Pro-Japanese group in Korea, matched him to Japan. Because they tried to justify Japan’s Ruling. But An Jae Hong of a nationalist described that he was influenced by just Catholic of the western not Japan to write his teacher of Yu Hong Gi a Catholic. Kim’s tragic life was treated in myths. They included criticism of civilization to progress in Korea in Japanese Ruling Era. Those were all philosophical considerations on civilization. Meanwhile, we now face a kind of civilization, the Fourth Industry. We need to define the new relation between human and civilization in this time. So, it is still valid for philosophical considerations on civilization which appeared in Korea modern times.