Abstract

Because Yongam devoted himself to studying the heart, his outstanding personality always shone even when he lived in the world. Even though Yongam was eight years older than Toegye, he responded with a good heart. There were not a few parts where Yongam and Toegye agreed with each other in heart. In order to cultivate the virtue of the mind, what scholars have to do is concentrate their minds, s tudy Neo-Confucianism diligently, and practice it well in daily life.
 He tried to match knowledge and behavior in everyday life, and did not forget what he had learned and put his efforts into practice for the rest of his life. The realm of learning that Yongam pursued begins with self-realization. The study of lava can stabilize the mind, and the emotions can be well controlled with a good heart.
 Jeung-si(贈詩) is like a gift to his true friends. It has the same meaning as a gift from the heart to friends whose philosophies of life match.
 Therefore, through his Jeung-si(贈詩), one can confirm the character of a sympathetic scholar. Yongam is 20 years older than Guam, but they both share a great respect for their great teachers.
 Jeung-si(贈詩) is characterized by the fact that the state of enlightenment and his will toward enlightenment appear. The enlightened person's spirit of vision is a mind freed from distracting thoughts from worldly life. His hope is a mind that is in harmony with nature as distracted thoughts disappear.
 To Yongam, the natural landscape is a space of awakening to remove distracting thoughts. His poetic spirit, which is related to the scholar's spirit, is also in line with that of his teacher, Toegye. He did not change his love for learning, and he was not bound by fame or fortune throughout his life.
 His spirit of integrity was well passed down to his descendants, and this is well shown in Yongam's poetry. He continued the family tradition based on the spirit of a noble scholar. The academic spirit of Yongam, who completed the life of a true scholar, will not disappear and will be inherited forever.

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