The brief contents about the background of the appearance of Seo-won in Yi-Dynasty, the actual state of its education and its social role are as follows :
1. Our nation’s Seo-won was not settled as a Confucian educational institute until Sun Confuc...
The brief contents about the background of the appearance of Seo-won in Yi-Dynasty, the actual state of its education and its social role are as follows :
1. Our nation’s Seo-won was not settled as a Confucian educational institute until Sun Confucianism (性理學) was introduced in the middle of Yi-Dynasty.
2. The ultimate purpose of the Seo-won education was to establish the permanent aim of the following saints (法聖賢) and to cultivate sages by laying emphases on the ethical and moral education and the state examination education.
3. So-hak (小學) and Ka-lye (家禮) were introductory courses and Sa-se (四書) and Oh-kyeong (五經) were fundamental ones in the contents of education.
4. It took the educational method of Joo Ja (朱子) in Song-Dynasty and emphasized practical moral education by autere training syatem.
5. They administered it by the income of real estate which they secured, while they expanded its paddy fields with surplus income.
6. The educational system and equipment of Seo-won was similar to that of China which had a director and Yoo Sa (有司) system although there was some difference according to the class of Seo-won.
7. Seo-won did its duty as the distribution of information, the promotion of Confucianism, the enlightment of their countries, the inheritance of their traditional culture, the foundation of science and the publication or custody of publications.