16세기의 사림형 관료 류중영(柳仲郢)의 삶

Abstract

Ryu Jung-yeong(柳仲郢) was from a sarim faction family in the Yeongnam province. For generations his family, Pungsan Ryu, had been connected with prestigious families by marriage such as the leader of sarim faction, Kim Jong-jik's Seonsan Kim family; powerful Andong Kwon family; a high-lanking government official and incorrupt government employee, Kim Kye-haeng's Andong Kim family. These connections made it possible for his family to grow into a influential family in Andong area. They named their members after Sohak(小學)and it shows his family respected Sohak's values which sarim faction pursued. Passing the state examination, Ryu Jung-yeong began his low-ranking government official career in Seonggyungwan(成均館). Serving as a middle-grade official dealing with civil suits and finacial affairs, he prepared himself to be a government official in charge. While he worked in the central office and served as the governor of Yushin(維新), he was well-known for taking care of official work by the rules, causing conflict with his superiors, though. He had chance to experience the border area serving as the governor of Uiju moksa and led provincial administration as kwanchalsa(觀察使, provincial governor) of Hwanghaedo province. He performed his duties of ruling big counties such as Jeongju(定州) and Cheongju(淸州) and died in office as jwaseungbuji(左副承旨) in the central government. Throughout his official career, he made every effort to put ethics of neo-confucianism into practice and popularize them. He took credit for renovating hyanggyo(鄕校, public school), founding seowon(書院, private school), supporting educational organizations financially, teaching, and printing and distributing Yi Eon-jeok(李彦迪) and Yi Hwang(李滉)'s writing. Most of the policies he carried out, however, were temporary and they were likely to be reversed by his successor. Although he sticked to the rules and pursued reforms as a government official, he never found fault with others or reveal their weakness. He learned the lesson from the failure of his senior sarim scholars who pursued reforms by confronting authority through the so-called superior man vs. mean man debates. Later this attitude had a strong influence on his son, Ryu Seong-ryong to be an administrator grounded in reality.