이자수어(李子粹語) 편찬에 나타난 성호의 퇴계학 계승의식

Abstract

The present study reviews the compilation of Seongho Yi Ik’s Yi‒Ja‒Su‒Eo(李子粹語) and aims to redefine its academic significance. Yi‒Ja‒Su‒Eo is a revision of Seongho’s Do‒dong‒lok(道東錄) by his disciples Yun Dong-gyu(尹東奎, 1695‒1773) and Ahn Jung-bok(安鼎福, 1712‒1791). Ahn, who was in charge of the compilation, reflected Yun’s opinions in regard to the composition as well as the selection of excerpts, but the book primarily remained faithful to the intentions of Seongho as stated in the Introductory Remarks(凡例). Great care was taken to edit the book following the format of Geun‒sa‒rok, though without compromising the original purpose of Do-dong‒lok. For Ahn, the compilation of Yi‒Ja‒Su‒Eo served as an opportunity to learn about the thought of Toegye, and the book was later used as a primer in teaching disciples. During the revision process, Seongho dropped the word Dodong(道東), which had carried implications of Confucian Dotong(道統), and referred to Toegye as Yi‒Ja(李子), although this by no means indicates an abandonment of Confucian Dotong itself. As his scholarly fame rose, Seongho participated in political activities including writing epitaphs serving to politically justify and establish the Nam‒in in the Near‒capital Area(京畿南人). When his advancement into the central political stage was frustrated, however, he turned to the compilation of Yi‒Ja‒Su‒Eo. The book is a comprehensive collection of Toegye’s scholarship that Seongho studied throughout his life. His sense of Confucian Dotong runs through the entire book. Yi‒Ja‒Su‒Eo goes beyond being a mere memoir of Toegye―it was designed with Toegye as the model of Confucian praxis in terms of virtue. In other words, it was compiled as a textbook of Joseon Confucianism.