식민지권력에의 ‘협력’과 좌절― 經學院과 향교 및 문묘와의 관계를 중심으로 ―

Abstract

In the colonial Chosun, the Kyonghagwon was the purposed institution for collaboration established by the Chosun Government General in the year 1911. By the time Korea was liberated from Japan, Kyonghagwon, replacing Sunggyungwan of Chosun Dynasty as a colonial institution, had won the Yangban-Confucian scholars society over to the Chosun Government General and played a role of propaganda in local provinces to enhance the colonial ruling. Centering around Hyangyo and Munmyo, Yangban-Confucian scholars sought for solidarity, and by continuing activities they contrived to clarify their identity as well as to approach up to the colonial ruling power, maintaining an active and cooperative relationship with kyonghawon. In the whirlwind of the rapidly changing colonial society, it was ‘a strategic choice’ for maintaining their power. This collaborative relationship, however, was not in the equal terms with the Chosun Gorernment General. In fact, it was obvious that all the work Yangban-Confucian scholars did was always under the colonial government ruling