鄭道傳의 改革意志와 實踐倫理

Abstract

The year 2008 is the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the nation, and this occasion reminds us of the identity and management of the nation, together with the leadership of the government leader. As for the nation's management, the globalization has caused infinite competition owing to the abolishment of the trade wall. This has brought us division in the opinion and social conflict overall, and however, this imposed unlimited responsibility to the nation's leader. Thinking of the nation's foundation and leadership in the history, it reminds us of Jung, Dojun, who played a major role in founding the Yi dynasty, Chosun. It is not too much to stress that he is the man of essence who laid the foundation employing the applied the Practical Learning and Pragmatism for Yi dynasty. However, despite his reform philosophy and political opinion, the political status and lacking the attitude towards history perception had caused low value and underestimation of him. He deserves reputation from the objective perspective. The distortion is basically originated from the lacking adequate understanding and ignorance towards history. Currently, there are research carried out from several perspective areas, and theories on defining his thought's linage and characteristic vary, namely if he could be included in the tradition of Neo-confucianism school as a political reformer, or was he simply a scholar? To narrow it down, he can be regarded as a Neo-confucian scholar and political reformer. The two opinions prevail which limited itself to dichotomy and needless to say that these are inadequate to Jung Dojun. I regards him as the man who he acted/practiced/applied his will in the political reform movement. That is what this paper is to aim, to examine him through his achievements.