鄭經世․李埈의 穌齋觀-鄭經世의 비판적 흡수론과 李埈의 계승적 변호론을 중심으로-

Abstract

The governing ideology of Joseon was Neo-Confucianism, and it became "power" in the process of obsessing over ideological uniformity or pure blood. This sense of the ideological control of exclusive power penetrated deeply into other systems of education and scholarship, such as Buddhism and Taoism, as well as into the Neo-Confucianism. At the vanguard, Yi Hwang, who was given the title of honor as ‘Zhu Xi in the East’, stayed solemnly. No Su-sin’s studies were a product of a great deal of effort but the contents were simple and sincere, and the use of his studies were aimed at aiding the king and the statecraft. However, his studies were ostracized by Yi Hwang, the scholarly forefather of the late 16th century Joseon. and this exclusion was branded passed on to Yi Hwang’s younger scholars. The article is based on two different viewpoints of Jeong Gyeong-se and Yi Jun, both who have their origin in Toegye studies―critical absorption theory of Jeong Gyeong-se and successional defense theory of Yi Jun. Why were the two men, who were even referred to as brothers, so nervous about the issue of No Su-sin? It was due to the clash of authority that emphasized the purity of Neo-Confucianism or Toegye studies and the compromise which stressed the need for great achievement rather than small ruin and the Yeongnam School of the early 17th century never tolerated the latter. The breakdown of theory of compromise or defense was the process of submission to Yi Hwang’s authority, and its end point was the thriving of Toegye studies.