즙산학파와 그 문인집단에 관한 연구

Abstract

This thesis has focused its sight on intellectuals in the Ming Dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries. Geographical aspect would be on Zhedong area [east of Zhejiangsheng] with the analysis centered on Liu Zongzhou, a Confucian scholar and a local elite among many locals from this region. Thus the study intends to focus on a scholar group which was centered on an intellectual named Liu Zongzhou, who was cultured in Confucianism and further approach the issue of relationship between an individual and a group in modern East Asia. Specific significance of such case may be different for Joseon and Tokugawa(德川), the two countries that formed the axles in pre-modern East Asia. However, there exists a thread of connection between the two, which validates the significance of its study. Confucianism was a universal theme in Pre-modern societies in East Asia, and the degree of the vast influence its status represented, renders no doubt. In particular, the problem of an individual and a group in the upper class, not in grass roots level, cannot be analyzed in the absence of underlying basis that is Confucianism. There may be exceptions but it cannot be denied that such way of reasoning could be quite persuasive. Therefore, this study is set out to delve into the issue of Confucian intellectuals, individuals and scholar groups, all of which have inherent elements in underlying Confucianism and other ideological aspects.