春庵 蘇凝天의 생애 및 학문 경향

Abstract

This paper examined So Eung-cheon's life, associates, and academic characteristics. So Eung-cheon was a scholar in a rural area, unknown to academia, but he had a reputation in the Samnam area of the time and also interacted with Soron scholars and Yeongnam scholars. So Eung-cheon is a remarkable figure in examining academic trends in the Samnam region in the 18th century.
 So Eung-cheon was associated with unknown scholars, Yeongnam scholars, and Soron scholars in a countyside, and what is particularly noteworthy in his relationship with Soron scholars. When he was young, So Eung-cheon studied various fields, including all classes of philosophers, Buddhism, Taoism, astronomy, and geography. However, when So Eung-cheon interacted with Soron scholars in his late teens and early 20s, he realized that his past academic direction was wrong and devoted himself to Confucianism.
 Yoon Dong-soo and Yoon Dong-won, whom So Eung-cheon served as teachers, played a pivotal role in the establishment of the academic background of the Pa-pyeong Yoon family, which led from Yoon Jeung. They pointed out the problem of So Eung-cheon working on general studies and pursuing a high-altitude discourse, and asked So Eung-cheon to work on practicing ethical norms in everyday life. In other words, Yoon Dong-won and Yoon Dong-soo passed on the academic style of Mushil(實務) from Yoon Jeung to So Eung-cheon. After meeting them, So Eung- cheon emphasized this point to his friends and juniors, emphasizing practice and study of So-hak(小學) in everyday life. Through So Eungcheon's academic trend, a new phase of the academic style in Honam region in the late Joseon Dynasty can be found. In addition, through the friendship between the So Eungcheon and Pa-pyeong Yoon families, it is possible to confirm how the academic style of the Soron leading from Yun Jeung were passed down.