옥소 권섭의 세계인식과 영남관

Abstract

This study was designed to explain Okso Gwon Seop(1671-1759)'s perceptions of the world and the viewpoint of Yeongnam. He grew up in a family of a princess and prime minister amid the culture and climate of distinguished Gyeonghwa nobility, but he suffered a huge frustration after Gisahwanguk and Sinimsahwa. Throughout his history, he generally kept an attitude of conforming to reality and was indulged in mountains and rivers according to his passion for recording and traveling. He did not show much interest in issues around the direction of real politics, and his main interest was in his hobby life involving writing and painting. Gwon Seop's perceptions of the world are summarized in independent openness. Represented by the Dotong and Hwai theories, his independence prevented him from being buried in his world and made him embrace the mutual coexistence of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism ideologically and that of Jungins and lowly men in the social ranks. His works well reflect the Giryeonghak-based Hoitongseong of communication between Giho and Yeongnam studies. This shows his viewpoint of Yeongnam. Believing that Giho studies were rooted in Yeongnam studies and eventually completed Yeongnam studies, he recognized highly the studies of Jeong Gu that inherited Lee Hwang's Domaek in the Yeongnam region. His wandering between independence and openness, between Giho and Yeongnam studies, and between the mundane world and transcendence is often found in his life and thinking. He went to take the state exam, being bombarded with such ridicules as a hidden scholar, clean scholar, and Taoist hermit with miraculous power. He was a Gwajangseon to those who criticized him and a Che-eup-seon that could not leave the affairs of the world behind to those who admired him as a Jisangseon. His perceptions of the world ended in openness rather than independence, and his viewpoint of Yeongnam ended in Giho studies rather than Yeongnam studies, but he was always shaking as a middle being between them. The shakes seem to have made him wander in mountains and rivers.