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A Study on the Historical Status of Kim Si-seup as a Symbolic Person of the Sejo Administration’s Criticism

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2022, (148), pp.37-74
  • DOI : 10.31218/TRKH.2022.12.148.37
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : November 22, 2022
  • Accepted : December 10, 2022
  • Published : December 30, 2022

Kim YoungDoo 1

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ABSTRACT

This article examines the historical context of Kim Si-seup(金時習), who was established as one of the Saengyuksin(生六臣) in the late Joseon Dynasty. Kim Si-seup is a unique writer and thinker of the early Joseon Dynasty, and research about him has been accumulated from various angles in the field of literature and philosophy. However, the aspect of being a member of the Saengyuksin has been shunned in the study of Kim Si-seup since modern studies were established. This is because it was critically viewed as politically abused in the late Joseon Dynasty as the representation of Saengyuksin. However, the worship of the royalists in the late Joseon Dynasty needs to be understood in the historical context of society at the time. As the historical re-evaluation of King Sejo’s reign in the late Joseon Dynasty progressed, Kim Si-seup was a very useful object due to his literary reputation. Accordingly, many of the stories in which he appeared. On the other hand, the historical meaning of Kim Si-seup needs to be discussed in terms of socializing with young scholar-official, Sarim(士林) in King Sungjong’s reign. Recently, new studies on how to define Sarim continue to emerge. In the process, it is emphasized that critical historical perception of the King Sejo’s regime was an important factor in forming the identity of Sarim. In that context, it can be thought that Kim Si-seup’s presence, such as a representation of resistance to the King Sejo’s regime of the time, would have had a great influence on young scholar-official, Sarim in King Sungjong’s reign. Kim Si-seup was one of the actual models that demonstrated how he could criticize the unjust Sejo regime in the process of going to the ideal politics that young scholar-official, Sarim in King Sungjong’s reign yearns for. And because of that status, it is believed that he was able to become a representative figure of the late Joseon Dynasty and the protagonist of numerous legends.

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