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Jo, Kwang-jo’s Recognition of Reality and Political Reform

  • Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
  • Abbr : 한문고전연구
  • 2010, 21(1), pp.65-93
  • DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2010.21.1.003
  • Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

서인희 1

1대전둔원고등학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This thesis deals with social realization: starting from the recognition of political reality, with a precondition that Jeong Am’s political reform is regarded as the process for ideal politics (on the basis of Neo-Confucianism). His political ideas are based on a moral philosophy, originating from an awareness of problems that resulted in the absence of political ideals and political participation during the reign of King Yonsan. Reforms with a sense of historical vocation were created following a collapse of national discipline and customs caused by previous tyranny, consequently, social changes were enacted by the impoverished livelihoods of the public. Accordingly, Jeong Am described this period as a loss of ideal politics (even though Neo-Confucianism kept a root of national political idea). Therefore, he established an ideal political goal by setting reformable political ideas based on a moral philosophy within the wise and good king’s new political system. Jeong Am’s ideal nation could be established when politics was established on the basis of the king’s moral philosophy instead of originating from tyranny (a central function of a benevolent administration). Therefore, he encouraged wise men to participate in politics, and emphasized the monarch’s employment of wise men. Increased freedom of speech and exterminating personal profit gained through origin were thought to be the urgent issues of his ideal politics. Opening the way to more freedom of speech is the main factor for ideal politics to enable and realise true people’s ideas. So, the politics need to assure public opinion thus opening the way to more freedom of speech. Park Sang and Kim Jeong’s appeal of Shin’s reinstatement served as a momentum needed, and he tried to reinforce more freedom of speech and expostulators’ rank. This made it possible for classical scholars to participate in politics as a delivery of public opinions. Jeong Am thought that a delivery of public opinions was an important

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