This paper aims to explain the meaning of the establishment of Shoheiko, a government-run school of Confucian teachings under the control of the shogunate. First, I start with a brief summary of the previous studies on Shoheiko in the context of the late Tokugawa intellectual history. Based on the summary, I examine the background and purpose of the Tokugawa shogunate announcing the The Kansei Prohibition of Heterodoxy and establishing Shoheiko. In particular, it suggests that the intent of the establishment of Shoheiko was not for the dissemination of philosophical ideology or crackdown on ideology. In order to understand the nature of Shoheiko specifically, I discuss how to understand the so-called “eclectic” ideological tendencies that are common to the Confucian scholars of the institution. In particular, focusing on the ideological characteristics of Toan Koga, the second generation of Shoheiko scholars, I will examine what the educational policy of Shoheiko meant for individual scholars. Lastly, I will focus on the fact that the Tokugawa government prepared ‘shoseiryo’ in order to accept students from outside the members of Tokugawa vassal, and provide some hints that how this led to unintended results. Through this analysis, this paper tries to find a link between the Kansei Reform and the Meiji Revolution.
Ⅰ. 머리말
Ⅱ. 창평횡에 관한 선행연구
Ⅲ. 간세이 이학의 금의 배경
Ⅳ. 창평횡 어유자의 학문적 특성: 고가 도안의 사례
Ⅴ. 학문음미와 서생료
Ⅵ. 맺음말