수양론과 북벌론의 불협화음

Disharmony of Self-Cultivation and Conquest of the Northern Areas: Song Siyeol's View vs. King Hyojong's View

Song Siyeol(1607∼1689), a famous scholar, politician and ideologist, was known as his pen name Wooam or as the honorific name Songja in Chosun Dynasty. The point of this paper is to discuss the meaning of self-cultivation of Song Siyeol and conquest of the northern areas by King Hyojong. Song Siyeol suddenly had an exclusive interview with King Hyojong on march 11, 1659. It was called the Meeting Gihae. Song Siyeol recorded the conversations in the title of Akdaeseolwha. The political ideologies of Song Siyeol have been influenced of Chu Hsi. He insisted that the King's selfish desires had to be gotten rid of through self-cultivation. Originally, Song Siyeol did not have any will about conquest of the northern areas. Their relationship was disharmonious under the rule of King Hyojong.