靜坐窩 沈潮의 生涯와 「幽居述懷」

Jeong Jwa-wa’s (靜坐窩) Life and Yugeosulhoi (幽居述懷)

This study reconstructed the life and association relationships of Jeongjwawa Shimjo, who has not been known widely in the academic circle, and analyzed his long ancient poem Yugeosulhoi that he composed at the age of 37. Jeongjwawa Shimjo studied under Hansoojae Kwon Sang ha at the age of 25, and there he met many prominent Neo Confucian scholars including Namdang Han Won jin and Byeonggye Yoon Bong goo. Hansoojae Kwon Sang ha is a student of Uam Song Si yeol, and advocated Inmulseongiron (the theory that man and animals have different nature). Hansoojae taught 8 scholars under Hwang Gang, who were Oiam Lee Gan, Doam Lee Jae, Yeoho Park Pil joo, Giwon Eo Yoo bong, Namdang Han Won jin, Byeonggye Yoon Bong goo, Maebong Choi Jing hoo, and Bongam Chae Ji hong. Shimjo met them while he was under the Hansoojae, extended his scholarship through associating with them, and inheriting his teacher’s theory, he supported Inmulseongiron. Moreover, he had the most profound scholastic association with Namdang Han Won jin, and he sometimes visited Han Won jin and studied together. As King Gyeongjong was enthroned and political situation was changed, he made a firm decision to give up the civil service examination and committed his whole life in learning and teaching. Yugeosulhoi reveals clearly how he came to be inclined to scholarship at his early age, how happy he was when he met Hansoojae and how he studied with him, his humane scholastic association with Namdang Han Won jin, his will toward scholarship after opening his eyes to learning, etc. Through the poem, therefore, we can reconstruct his life and inclinations during his early days. Although he did not stand out in the foreground of history, we can found the image of a scholar of the Chinese classics in the Joseon Dynasty who, fascinated with scholarship, devoted his entire life to learning and teaching and lived as he believed