15세기 후반 도학(道學)의 절의중심적 전환과 김일손(金馹孫)의 역할

Abstract

The historian Kim Il-son, who caused the Literati Purge of 1498, has been mainly understood as a writer. However, in Kim Il-son's collection of literary works, there are fragments of the “study of the Way”(道學) that can credit his reevaluation as “a scholar of the study of the Way”(道學者). After the 16th century, the core emphasis of Chosŏn Neo-Confucianism was on respect(敬). However, as early as the latter half of the 15th century, Kim Il-son had emphasized respect more than scholars from the preceding period and tried to provide his own interpretation of its meaning. Kim Il-son's teacher, Kim Jong-jik, had been criticized for not being critical of state affairs because he valued his position. Kim Il-son, on the other hand, was in trouble on several occasions owing to his excessive rigidity and directness of speech. Eventually, he was sentenced to death in the Literati Purge of 1498. In their study of the Way, Kim Jong-jik and Kim Il-son held different views on the relationship between a public career and academic life. The emphasis on academic rigor while occupying public office foreshadowed the views of Cho Gwang-jo. In the 16th century, the study of the Way was influenced by Kim Il-son and it evolved into the practice of fidelity(節義) that emphasized respect and coincidence of a public career and academic life.