매계 조위의 피화ㆍ복권과 역사적 평가

Abstract

This article was written to explore historical evaluation of Jo Wi(曺偉) who was victimized by the massacres of Confucian scholars. From an early age, Jo Wi took lectures from Kim Jongjik and Jo Gyemun. He passed the entrance exam in 1472 and the bureaucratic exam in 1472. After that, he served as the Saheonbu Jipyeong, Hongmungwan Gyori, Chungcheong Province, and the chief of the king’s secretary. He was also good at writing and was favored by Seongjong(成宗). Even after the enthronement of Yeonsangun(燕山君), he served as Hanseongbu Wooyun, Sungkyunkwan Daesaseong, and Owidochongbu Buchonggwan. In 1498, he also visited the Ming Dynasty as a representative of the envoys. But then, the massacres of Confucian scholars happened. Upon returning Josoen(朝鮮), he was arrested, interrogated, and sent to exile. It was because he was Kim Jongjik's brother-in-law and disciple, and he edited the collection of Kim Jongjik's works. And then He died in exile in 1503. He was recognized as the representative writer of Seongjong's generation, and was evaluated as A person who was good at both loyalty and filial piety for requesting to work as a local official to provide for his parents. He was also revered as a great person who resisted the tyranny of Yeonsangun. Due to these evaluations, after his death, he held ancestral rites at the Gyeongryeom Seowon in Gimcheon and Songgye Seowon in Hwanggan, and was given the title of Munjang(文莊) by the Dynasty. And Jo wi’s 5th-generation grandson Jo Yu(曺逾), 6th-generation grandson Jo Syebung(曺世鵬), and 8th-generation grandson Jo Mungeom(曺文檢) became officials or promoted because they were descendants of great person. This was possible because Jo wi was highly regarded by the dynasty as A person who was good at both loyalty and filial piety.