김성일(金誠一)의 임란 중 활동과 인적 네트워크

Abstract

This paper has an emphasis to identify his networks to perform his duties as Choyusa or the provincial governor of Gyeongsang-u-do during the Japanese Invasion of Korea and related effects in overcoming the Japanese Invasion of Korea. Even though Kim Seong-il was a typical scholar and government official in Toigyeo School, he had intimacy with Jo Sik and Nammyeong School in humane inclination and temperament, and while he was leading Choi Yeong-gyeong’s Founder Remission Movement, he could build substantial trusts from Nammyeong School scholars in Gangwu area. Based on this foundation, he prepared for the war by smoothly commanding and mediating Uibyeong organization and as a result, he prepared for the base to protect Honam. Additionally, Kim Seong-il performed his duties through the maximum utilization of his personal network which was formed in the process of his government official career for decades. Bureaucratic network which was focused mostly on Easterners leading government officials like Ryu Seong-ryong, Kim Woo-ong, Yu Geun, Kim Eung-nam was very helpful to provision procurement and expansion. In other words, Kim Seong-il efficiently activated his private network with Nammyeong School and public network with government officials in the Royal Court and faithfully conducted his duties as a public figure. This is why he received a positive evaluation from the viewpoints of the theory of restoring by Yeongnam, even though he made wrong report after he came back from Japan as an ambassador.