심재(深齋) 조긍섭(曺兢燮)의 여성 인식 연구

Abstract

This paper aims to recognize the perception of women and the contemporary Age of Simjae(深齋) Jo, GeungSup(曺兢燮, 1873~1933), the Confucian scholars in the modern transitional period. This can serve as an opportunity to widen the horizon of modern research and understand the various spectrum of female perception of the age. Simjae regarded the modern sciences and new culture as a factor in the national crisis, and judged that it was best to retire and train oneself and nurture people in the chaotic era. The only way to restore the world to him was to obey the Sung Confucian justice. Simjae’s female perception is slightly different from the daughter, the wife, and the mother as the woman. Simjae found the reason to set the world upright in the model women who practice the filial piety, Yoel(烈) and loyalty, but he was well aware that people of new age would not readily accept the ideal and moral model of women. Thus, he reveals how difficult it is to practice the exemplary behavior. He was also aware of the importance of solving realistic problems that could overcome difficult times, and partially admitted the virtue for economic activity and appreciated the part of the woman's economic activity. Simjae had embodied the women with his own real sense of reality, and he tried to fulfill his duties as a Confucian scholar.