艮齋學派 문인집단의 전국적 형성과 배경:畿湖와 嶺南(江右)지역 문인집단 형성과 배경을 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to examine the formation of the Ganjae School, which is one of the coteries of disciples representing the Neo-Confucianism community in late Joseon, in the Hoseo, Honam, and Yeongnam regions and the backgrounds behind the formation of a large coterie of disciples in these regions. The Ganjae School developed arguments with the Hwaseo School, Nosa School, and Hanju School at the national level in the Neo-Confucian controversy that unfolded broadly in the Neo-Confucianism community in late Joseon, thus growing as a representative coterie of disciples. The Ganjae School held special symbolism by producing a large number of its disciples in the Yeongnam region, Jeju in the south, and Bukgando in the north as well as the Giho region, which was the traditional base for the activities of the Yulgok School and establishing itself as a national-level coterie of disciples. As preliminary research, the present study thus examined the formation of a coterie of disciples by the Ganjae School mainly in the Hoseo, Honam, and Yeongnam regions and identified the factors of the background behind the production of many disciples in each of the regions. Based on its findings, the study concluded that the Kiho region was able to produce disciples through full-blown activities for the pursuit of study. Jeon Woo engaged in activities for the pursuit of study in Mungyeong in the northern part of Yeongnam for three years in the second half of the 19th century, but his activities produced only a few disciples in the Yeongnam region. It is thus estimated that the channel to produce disciples in the Yeongnam region had no direct connections to activities for the pursuit of study. The study found clues for the production of many disciples in the Yeongnam region, especially the Gangwoo region in the records of Hwado Yeonwonrok, Jongyoorok, and Dongmoon, which mainly mentioned Yeongnam figures from the Gangwoo region. The secondary figures of the area became a disciple of the Ganjae School through their social intercourse with the figures. In addition, figures from other areas who had an original affinity to the Yulgok School or the Noron Line moved to the Gangwoo region and became a disciple of the Ganjae School which was the last inheritor of the Yulgok School. Most of all, however, it was Jeon Woo's nationwide reputation and symbolism for his central role in Joseon's Neo-Confucianism that many Neo-Confucian scholars in the Gangwoo region became a disciple of the Ganjae School.