奇宇萬의 受信簡札과 교유의 성격

Abstract

There are more than 3000 old documents in the head family of No-Sa Gi Jeong-Jin, and letters occupy half of those. In particular, it is about 400 letters which Song-Sa Gi Woo-Man, Gi Jeong-Jin’s grandson, directly received, and about 600 letters also concern him. The most of 400 letters are for his alumni and friends to send, and much larger letters were sent by Jeong Ui-Lim, Cho Young-Man, and Jeong Jae-Gyu, and the letters left were almost sent by No-Sa’s disciples of 1st generation and 2nd generation. Gi Woo-Man was inducted into the leader of Confucian at Honam after No-Sa’s death, and the leader of army raised in the cause of justice at Honam in 1896 with rising against the ordinance prohibiting topknots and Emperor Gojong’s refuge at the Russian legation. Many people ask Gi Woo-Man to act in the concrete since the Protectorate Treaty between Korea and Japan concluded in 1905, and he proceeded with the work. But he was uncovered on his way to do it, and he was put in jail twice. So, his reputation and influence was very huge. Most letters which Gi Woo-Man received are to concern respecting No-Sa. It concern publishing a collection of No-Sa’s works or responding against criticism on No-Sa’s theory. There are also many requests to make Gi Woo-Man write. Activity for ancestors was more remarkable in the late period of Chosun and time under the rule of Japanese imperialism, and it’s very Gi Woo-Man, the 1st generation disciple and grandson of No-Sa, to be able to satisfy their desires. It shows that Gi Woo-Man played a role as a pivot of Confucian at Honam.