心齋 趙性濂의 삶과 시세계

Abstract

Jo Seong-ryeom was the core of a school that promoted the study of Seongjae Heo Jeon in Haman of Gangwoo(Gyeongsang province right of Nakdong River) where academic stagnation continued on since the enthronement of King Injo. He consistently devoted himself to the Seongjae Study after studying under Heo Jeon, giving no attention to the atmosphere of academic integration beyond school and partisan colors in Gangwoo since the middle 19th century,Jo's life was oriented toward completing the study of practical disposition cultivation based on his local base as a member of Haman's powerful clan and restoring its lost influence. Thus he stressed that scholars should maintain and practice responsibility and self-consciousness as illustrious officials and intellectuals. By putting special emphasis on "agriculture," he showed the difficulty of labor, urged the scholars who were never ashamed of their doing nothing to earn living to have some manners and a sense of shame, and ultimately tried to maintain the influence all through those measures. That was the reality perception and life orientation of Jo as a scholar even retreated in the country. That was how a local noble family member promoted the local academic style and established his status in the country as the master of the country without going into government service. The passion of Jo Seong-ryeom, who established his independence as a scholar through the study of disposition cultivation and made efforts for the promotion of local academic style through educational activities, makes a good example to understand the roles and existential grounds of local noble families in the 19th century.