월남 이상재의 유교적 思惟의 전환 재조명

Abstract

This thesis re-examines the life of Lee Sang-jae, who was active in the Christian civil society in the early 20th century in Korea, and summarizes the process through which his ideological worldview was transformed. Through this, tried to identify the representative case of a Confucian born at the end of the 19th century who converted his worldview to a Christian. Lee Sang-jae was born into a family of Confucian scholars of the typical Joseon Dynasty and wanted to live a life as a bureaucrat while learning Confucian knowledge. While he was about to begin his life as a bureaucrat, he learned a western worldview as he went on to engage in diplomatic activities in Japan and the United States. After that, he reprinted the civic movement representing the people for the transformation of Korean society. As a result, he was imprisoned and suffered hardships, but in the process, he met a turning point in his life when he converted to a Christian. It was a historical event similar to the fall of Korea to a Japanese colony that he had to go through an unprecedented life journey from being a Confucian scholar to a Christian. He was born as a representative modern Korean figure who accepted the values ​​of Western Christianity based on the Confucian worldview.