林谷 林眞怤의 현실인식과 17세기 영남학계에서의 위상 -南冥·退溪學을 접목한 17세기 영남학계의 새로운 모색-

Abstract

This study examines the academic life of Lim Jinbu (1586-1657) in order to elucidate the diverse aspects of Nammyeong School in the late Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). To be specific, this research begins with a question whether scholars associated with Gang’u region and Jo Sik (1501-1572) to any extent should be categorically considered as a follower of the Nammyeong School by default. There is no denying that the characteristics of the Nammyeong School are salient in the academic making of Lim Jinbu. That being said, these characteristics alone cannot define the nature of his life and academic attributes. Lim Jinbu admired Jo Sik, and while he dedicated himself to Nammyeong Studies, Yi Hwang (1501-1570) was always in the corner of his mind. Lim Jinbu sought for an eclectic approach to Nammyeong and Toe-gye Studies, and the emphasis lies in that to him, Toegeo Studies was not an subordinate element to the compromise between those two studies. In the context of Nammyeon School’s obsession over purity of the School’s ethos, the implications of Lim Jinbu’s academic attributes should be discussed further from a new perspective.