조선조 務實사상의 전개와 그 사상사적 의미

Abstract

The word “Mushil(務實)” refers to seeking the truth, striving to put to practice, and aiming at utility. This word was occasionally used during the end of Koryuera and the early Chosun dynasty. However, it began to be used frequently in the 16thcentury by Yulgok Yi Yi(栗谷 李珥). Yulgokemphasized the “Mushil” thought above all else and systematically developed it. After the 17thcentury, Chosun’s confucianism unfolded into various paths such as Neo-confucianism, Shilhak(practical learning), Yehak, and the doctrines of Yang Wangmin. During this process, the Mushil thought had an immense influence. In the school of Yulgok, it developed into a particular type of Shilhak, showing characteristics of Yehak, and in the Rightist School, it deepened into inner Shilhakideology through Yoon, Sun-Goe(尹宣擧), and Yoon, Jeung(尹拯). Moreover, from the school of Yang, Wangmin, through scholars like Jung, Je-Doo(鄭齊斗), Yang, Duk-Jung(梁得中), Lee, Gun-Chang(李建昌), and Park, Eun-Shik(朴殷植), it grew into practical confucianism. In the case of the Enlightened School at the end of the Chosundynasty, the Mushilthought was recreated into the ideology of the Independence Movement through An, Chang-Ho(安昌浩), who emphasized retrogression to the Mushilthought. In this vein, the Mushilthought was universally applied throughout the history of Chosun confucianism and had an important role in its development.