16세기 소수서원 교육의 성격 = The educational characteristics of Sosu-Seowon in 16th century

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper aims to examine educational characteristics of Seowon in Choseon dynasty focused on Sosu-Seowon. Choseon Seowon is usually regarded as a private school not a government-operated Academy. Also, people think Seowon was built and managed by gentry and they explored dohak(道學) in Seowon. However, Jusebung who established the first Seowon was more close to a meritorious retainer rather than gentry and the education in 16th century was somewhat different with dohak. In addition it was very ambiguous to regard Sosu-Seowon in 16th century as government-operated Academy or private school. This shows the characteristics of Choseon Seowon has gone to change over time. Then, what was the educational purpose of Sosu-Seowon in 16th century and how the education was accomplished? The government-operated Academy of Choseon was losing the educational function in 16th century. So Jusebung regarded Seowon as the replacement of government-operated Academy. As the result, the education in 16th century was focused on preparation for civil service examination and the result of this education was very effective. Although Jusebung did not inherit Chu hsi’s educational philosophy with Seowon, he successfully carried out his duty to reconstruct school as a local magistrate. Since the 17th century, the educational philosophy and practice of Sosu-Seowon began to change, finally, Seowon was a place to explore and practice the do-learning(道學) not prepare for civil service examination.