重峯 趙憲과 700 義士의 民族精神史的 意義

Abstract

Jo Hoen(趙憲; 1544-1592) was one of the representative korean Sunbee. He was a martyr for his country and spirit of neo-Confucianism. He had succeeded to the thought of Lee Yi(李珥; 1536-1584), succeeding spirit of succession of the korean neo-Confucianism(道統). He had made constant efforts to put justice and righteousness into practice. and had insisted on a far-reaching reformation of the nation. He provided the wide view and many action plans for the political, economic, educational, and national defence reform to help people's life and prepare war to reject external aggression. When Japan's invasion(Imjin Hideyoshi Invasion: 1592-1597) occurred, he devoted his life to reject Japan's invasion at the end of 16's century. At that time, he raised the army of justice(義兵) and became a leader to reject Japanese invader. He put justice and righteousness into practice and confucian scholarship and fidelity to his homeland. He devoted himself to teaching and working for the nation and its people. He had a understanding his era as a period which humanism was trampled, so had a awareness which was not only the crisis of the nation's fate and but also the crisis of the Tao(仁義). And He considered protecting his country and the Tao(道) as his duty. He guarded the nation and the people. His spirit had been inherited by the others who succeed to the spirit of Korean neo-Confucianist. The spirit of Sunbee and the patriotic deed of Martyr Jo Hoen and 700 righteous men would be the core of korean traditional spirit.