端磎 金麟燮의 현실 인식과 단성농민항쟁

Abstract

The Peasants’ Uprising of Danseong was led by Dangye Kim In-seop and his father Haegiong Kim Ryeong to correct the negative effects of Hwangok and stop the greed and tyranny of corrupt officials. It was the beginning of the starting point of Imsul Revolt. Kim Ryeong and his son were arrested for their involvement in the uprising. The son was released soon, but the father had to lead a life of exile on the Imja Island, Jeolla Province until August of the next year. What consciousness of his drove him to taking the lead in the Peasants’ Uprising? This study is aimed at finding answers to the question. By examining his Dangyejip, Dangye’s Journal, and Ganjeongilrok, the investigator looked into the basis of his consciousness in three aspects including: “introspection into the inside through Seong and Gyeong,” “physiocracy based on utility” and “people-oriented consciousness inherited through the family study.” Dangye was a Confucian scholar that was vigilant and reflective continuously rather than revealing himself in action and transitional intellectual between pre-modern and modern times. He showed the outcomes of his internal training based on a stock of knowledge through his social practice. He was clearly different from the feudal Confucian scholars of Joseon, being a self-examining Confucian scholar and intellectual to practice physiocracy and having the perceptions of reality based on love for people and orientation toward people. These represent the modernity of periodic changes revealed through him and became a certain driving force for him to lead the Peasants’ Uprising of Danseong.