To study over the problem of thought, especially in the Chosun Dynasty's novels, is to study the context of them. In addition, context is the determinate factor of its theme. Therefore thought is the foreground of the theme and the theme is the core o...
To study over the problem of thought, especially in the Chosun Dynasty's novels, is to study the context of them. In addition, context is the determinate factor of its theme. Therefore thought is the foreground of the theme and the theme is the core of thought. In order to understand the Chosun Dynasty's novels systematically, it needs to study the main thought or the theme shown through them and to verify its relation to a religious thought or a philosophical thought very deeply. The aim of this study is to verify the aspects and their meaning of Taoism shown in Kim Won Jeon, the novel written in the late Chosun Dynasty. According to the result of studying the novel, it can be stated that the basic thought of this book is the very Taoism and, though a slice of Confucianism is also shown, Confucianism doesn't rule over the whole work.