東方의 인륜사회를 지향한 師任堂의 家庭敎育觀

Abstract

Saimdang was born on October 29, 1504(10th reign year of Prince Yeonsan of Joseon) at Ojukheon of Bukpyeong Village in Gangreung, Gangwon Province. She was a daughter of Sin Myeong-hwa of Pyeongsan Sin family and Yi Sa-eun of Yongin Yi family and a grand-daughter of Choi Eung-hyeon of Gangreung Choi family who served for the 3 ministries as a vice-minister. Since both families were well respected clans with exceptional family education tradition, she was educated well at home and grew up as a decent woman. She learned books of Confucianism and studied Conduct of Three Bonds as well as household etiquettes to become a prudent mother and good wife. At the same time, she demonstrated her excellent ability for cultural creativity through her calligraphy and paintings with her gifted talent. At the age of 19, Saimdang got married with a fine young man named Yi Won-su of Deoksu Yi family. She took her penname Saimdang to express her will to follow the life of the symbol of a great mother of the time, Tai Ren, the mother of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. Her life as a mother was not easy but worthy. She was a good daughter with filial piety and an obedient wife as well as an intelligent mother to educate her child. Saimdang is an everlasting symbol of a woman for many great Korean with cultural creativities. She became a symbol of a great mother in the history of Korean education and her son, Yi Yul-gok was one of the greatest theorists in education in Korean history. As a result, they publically are accepted as a good example of "Like mother like son" and highly respected. This research aims to find out the Saimdang's effort to create the society for humanity and the development of Korea as a country of civilization and culture through her education of son Yi Yul-gok. Her education of Yul-gok became the foundation of the development of Korean education theory into the next level. As a result of her education, Yul-gok became one of the greatest Neo-Confucian scholars in the world and is respected in the history of world as a theorist of education for mass to introduce the educational commune, which still is the problem of contemporary education. Recently, the adaptation of the trends of Western education without criticism and the preference of superficial Western culture as well as individualism damaged the fundamentals of education. This paper has many aims. Those trends need to be reassessed and asks for the awakening. Also, it emphasizes that the foundation for the good education starts from home with the emphasis on the moral value of filial piety. Achieving this goal, educating parents need to be preceded.