잠곡 김육의 실용적 경세사상 연구

Abstract

In this paper I have tried to show Kim Yuk(金堉)‘s pragmatic governing thought. With successfully leading enforcement of the Daedong(大同) Law, he was one of the most typical 'scholarly bureaucrat' of Chosun(朝鮮) Dynasty in 17th century. At that time Chosun was confronted the national turmoil in post-war, and the public were alienating from the Government. So, many Confucian scholars and bureaucrats endeavored to seek solution of weathering a crisis. They stressed the necessity of Sovereign's moral duty & responsibility to provide for the welfare of the war-weary people and stabilization of financial exhaustion. They stated that those problem will take care of itself by Sovereign's moral training. Kim Yuk did not agree that solution. He presented 'Theory of Adaptability(變通論)’ and asserted Pragmatic Governing thought. He formulated a really constructive national agenda. He listened to the voice of the nation, and delivered a defense of the principle of “people interests first”