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Lecture activities and readings of Nohju(老洲) Oh hee-sang(吳熙常)
Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
Abbr :
한문고전연구
2019, 38(1), pp.185-212
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2019.38.1.008
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
2019, 38(1), pp.185-212
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2019.38.1.008
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
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This paper is a paper that examined the fact that the author focused on lectures and reading while experiencing uneasy social confusion as he grew up at the end of the 18th century and spent his old age in the early 19th century. Nohju(老洲) became Confucian scholar(儒賢) rather than being a bureaucrat, so he devoted himself to academic lectures and tried to change society. At that time, foreign cultures and values were pushed into Korea, and they were shaking our society by clashing with the existing order. For this reason, the tradition and authority of the scholarship that has been maintained in our country has been undermined. Therefore, Confucianism lost its power and the discipline of society was in crisis. In this age, Nohju(老洲) always tried to restore the tradition of Confucianism. Because of this, the king kept giving him office. However, he did not accept it, and he strived to study only. Nohju seems to pay attention to the space called Seowon(書院) that can change society. He was in charge of discussing scholarship in 'Seosil Seowon' and 'Deokbong Seowon'. So he tried to change the social order in this area. He hoped that he could go one step further and change the whole country. It is difficult to present the right direction and realize it in the transition period when the atmosphere of our country changes. Because of this, it would not have achieved the effect that was originally expected. However, he has to admit that he has tried to correct the wrong social order by utilizing his academic experience. And that alone has already done a great job. In the meantime, Nohju himself expressed his views on various ways of reading. ‘Reading the scriptures first, adding a history book to read,’ ‘Reading a book by setting up a curriculum in accordance with my own abilities,’ ‘Thinking about each letter and each verse and reading it, and finding difficult and suspicious areas to ask while reading’ emphasized these things. In addition, he suggested fur ways as the four stages of reading, and encouraged them to read books while deepening the process gradually. In the activities of the pastor, we should pay attention to various opinions on how to teach the prince. And he was interested in educating students in Kwanbuk(關北) area. However, this paper does not cover this part. Further research is expected in the future.
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