조선시대 대비 지위와 인조반정의 재검토 - 계승범 교수의 『모후의 반역』 비판

Abstract

Kye Seung Bum argued in his book “The Rebellion of Queen Mother”(2021) as follows. ① The dispute over the deposing of Queen mother Inmok was a clash between loyalty and filial piety. ② Those who supported the queen mother asserted that the king could not punish his queen mother in any case. ③ It was a wholly new logic that can be found only in Joseon society, completely detached from Zhu Xi’s theory. ④ As the events ended with King Gwanghae deposed and the accession of a new king, the supporters of filial piety won a complete victory over loyalists. ⑤ Joseon became a ‘strange Confucian state’ where filial piety prevailed over loyalty.BRThe author refutes Kye’s argument as follows. ① The key issue in the debate over the queen mother was not filial piety but loyalty on both sides. ② Kye distorted the contention of those who defended the queen mother. They did not formulate their arguments as Kye summarized them. Such formulation as Kye summarized was not necessary and even very dangerous. ③ Kye made gross errors in quoting and interpreting Zhu Xi’s remarks. The contention of those who defended the queen mother was not detached from Zhu Xi’s opinion. ④ Filial piety in the debate was forgotten without much effect after King Gwanghae’s expulsion because it had not been the key issue. ⑤ There was nothing strange that did not fit the Confucian state in the political ideology after King Injo’s accession. (1623) Kye did not explain in what way Joseon took the form of a ‘strange Confucian state.’