율곡 『순언』의 덕치(德治)와 양민(養民)의 관계양상 연구

Abstract

An expansion of theoretical thoughts around natural sciences of the Joseon Dynasty is equivalent to a historical aspect which is a process of development of the Joseon’s Neo-Confucianism retention through the Goryeo Dynasty. And it also involves a theoretical aspect of the national sciences, changed in realpolitik of the early and middle years of the Joseon Dynasty. Therefore, a discussion over monarchical rule of the state reflects a threshold of ideological changes in the transition of Neo-Confucianism in the Joseon Dynasty. In this regard, Yulgok’s writings, 『Seonghakjibyo』 and 『Suneon』, correlate to the significance of king’s rulership, emphasized in historic appropriateness for the heyday of a new dynasty. Furthermore, Yulgok underlines a primary ability of political qualification which is that a king should hold and cultivate in connection with benevolent administration, in other words: cultivating moral characteristicss of the king. As such his emphasis diverges with striking parallelism from the political logic of the traditional power who put more importance on the political interests around the royal family. To the extent that 『Seonghakjibyo』 and 『Suneon』 written in his first sortie into politics commonly represent Yulgok’s consistent perspective of governing the nation against the royal politics, his new political moves through 『Suneon』 for implementation of benevolent administration give us a chance to consider his different understanding and arguments of a benign government. Hence, this study attempts to consider not only meanings of the king’s regime theory in Yulgok’s interpretation of 『Lao-tzu』 in correlation between his theory of virtue and governacnce, but also a developmental process of the meanings associating with the yangmin theory.