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A Study on the Munhyung[文衡] in Jeongjo[正祖] Period
Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
Abbr :
한문고전연구
2010, 20(1), pp.117-143
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2010.20.1.004
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
2010, 20(1), pp.117-143
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2010.20.1.004
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
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The purpose of this study is to consider the changing status of Munhyung[文衡], a great officials who administer literary arts and scholarship, and to consider the distinct feature of their's in Jeongjo[正祖] period. Munhyung was of critical importance to the history of Cino-Korean literary before Youngjo[英祖] period. But the status of Munhyung was going down through the Jeongjo period, and it brought about the low importance to the history of Cino-Korean literary after that time. The main cause of that was the reorganization of official system which dominantly performed by Jeongjo. That is, as the core function of Hongmungwan[弘文館] devolved to Gyujanggak[奎章閣], Hongmungwan's power being weakened. As a result, the status of Munhyung, the supreme officials of Hongmungwan, was in name only. Hwang Gyongwon[黃景源], Seo Myongeung[徐命膺], Kim Jongsoo[金鍾秀], Oh Jaesoon[吳載純], Hong Yangho[洪良浩] who once took office as Munhyung in Jeongjo period, claimed to support of accordance of Dao[道] and Wen[文]. And they seriously considered Liujing[六經] in common. The point of their respect for Liujing is not because of the morality of that, but because of the perfect Qi[氣] of that. And they also considered Dao[道] not as absolute worthy, but as relative value. Relative thingking spreaded more and more in 18th century. Even though Munhyung was the most conservative person, we can catch the relative attitude from them.
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