월북 이후 최익한의 학문과 집필활동 = Choi Ik-han's Academic Work and Writing after defecting to North Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Choi Ik-han organized the Ilwolhoe(一月會) and joined the third Korean Communist Party(朝鮮共産黨) during the Japanese colonial rule. Even after Korean liberation, he worked fiercely in various organizations, including the Preparatory Committee for National Construction(建國準備委員會), the People's Republic(人民共和國) and the Korean Communist Party. He stayed in North Korea on the occasion of the 1948 inter-Korean joint conference(南北連席會議). He may also have found it difficult to work in Seoul and planned to pursue his own activities in Pyeongyang.
However, few data on his political activities have remained since he left for the North. It hardly seems that he stepped up to the political front. Instead of political activities, he taught at Kim Il-sung University and wrote on various fields of Korean studies. At that time, many scholars came to North Korea, so the academic level of North Korea was quite high. He took over his 1930s works and additionally extended his work into new fields.
Choi Ik-han was consistent as a nationalist and socialist. He stayed in North Korea to protest against the U.S. aggression, the power of the Rhee Syng-man(이승만, 李承晩) and Han Min Party(한민당, 漢民黨) around the time of the inter-Korean joint conference. He had to adjust to the North Korean regime from the moment he stayed there. His role moved more toward teaching and writing than politics. While working at Kim Il-sung University, he was able to teach and write together.
He wrote several books and articles in Korean studies for some 10 years from 1948 to 1957. He worked at the Kim Il-sung University, but he did not preside at North Korean historical society. However, he led early studies of anti-invasion history of pre-modern period and history of thought in North Korean academic society. On the realist school of confucianism(實學, Silhak), he played an important role in the studies of Joseon(조선학, 朝鮮學) since the 1930s, so his work affected both academic communities of the South and the North. The anti-invasion history of the pre-modern period was a necessary field for North Korea. It was developed newly with being based on his academic talents.
Choi did not directly address the issues regarding social characteristics or periodization. It might be because originally he studied Chinese classics(漢學) and worked mostly on the mediaeval history, the anti-invasion history of the pre-modern period, history of thoughts(思想 史) and Korean literature.
His subject of studies is linked to the situation of that time. He worked with the anti-invasion history of the pre-modern period in the context of the division and stability of the regime. He already had an interest in realist school of confucianism’s thoughts during the period of Japanese’s colonial rule, but publication of the related books had much to do with the 150th anniversary of Park Ji-won's death(1955) and the 120th anniversary of Jeong Yak-yong's death(1956). He played a great role in shaping the framework of Joseon literature by studying the works of Choi Chi-won, Yi Gyoo-bo, Park Ji-won and Jeong Yak-yong. Their works have been thought as progressive literature. Since 1957, his writings was not seen in the official publication any more. It was not certain whether it is because of political reason, his death or health problems.
Chi Ik-han went up to the North to attend at the inter-Korean joint conference as a left-wing party member. After then he stayed in the North and worked on writing. He displayed his talent in Korean studies and developed the topic according to the situation of North Korea. Most of his work was researched in the academic framework, there was a bit of a conformist expression in the works though. In that point, it is said that his research laid a cornerstone in the area of history, Korean thought and literature across the South and North from 1948 to 1957.

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