圃隱 鄭夢周의 선비精神

Abstract

This study has researched the scholarly spirit of Poeun Jeong Mong-ju(鄭夢周) through his Chinese poetry. In order to examine his scholarly spirit, to begin with, his characteristics of Neo-Confucianism focused on the critique that Confucianists had commented on Poeun in the late of Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty and the item <Jeong Mong-ju> in 『Goryeosa高麗史』, 「Yeoljun列傳」. In addition, Jaha Shin-wi in Joseon Dynasty had commented in <Doenginnonsijeolgu東人論詩絶句> and the critique that later critics had criticized have examined. The reason to research this is to examine the scholarly spirit of Poeun. As a result, his scholarly spirit has been confirmed through the Chinese poetry of the Confucian view of the world based on Neo-Confucianism thought. The scholarly spirit is never to forget the fidelity and loyalty, that is; the royal benevolence, in any circumstance and for public affairs to be given priority over private affairs. Also, individual safety had not been taken care of and visited the Ming-dynasty and Japan as a diplomatic delegation in danger of nation due to his Confucian view of the world. Confucianists of Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty considered Poeun as the forefather of Korean Neo-Confucianism and Poeun criticized Buddhism in 『Goryeosa』 in that it was in Zen meditation alone deep in the mountains and was inferior to Confucianism which valued the realistic life. Additionally, Poeun had ancestral rites based on Jujagarye and made his family shrine to settle down Confucianism in the late of Goryeo(高麗). The later critics considered poems of Poeun to have broad-scale characteristics. This kind of broad-scale characteristics are possible in Confucian features. This is because the broad-scale characteristics are preferred by Confucianists as the Neo-Confucianism characteristics in general comments on literature. Based on the Confucian view of the world, there are some literary works that valued the scholarly spirit, loyalty and intense patriotism among his chinese poetry.