The Members Analysis in Namin･Noron Line Seowons in Sangju Region in the 17th and 18th Centuries -Focusing on Donam･Heungam Seowons-

Abstract

In Sangju, there are Donam and Heungam Seowons, which represented Namin and Noron lines in Yeongnam in the late Joseon era. Donam Seowon was established by all the literati classes in Sangju, mainly the followers of Ryu, Seong-ryong and Jeong Gyeong-se in the 17th Century. There were conflicts with the Sarim in Andong and Yean, which had been arising from the process of enshrinement of Ryu, Seong-ryong and Jeong Gyeong-se rather than those derived from the factions, while continuing the relationship with Yeoheon school. These could be confirmed by Shimwonrok, the records of the visitors of the seowon. Since then, in 1660, Donam Seowo requested donation to 15 eubs in order to rebuild Myeonryundang which had been demolished by fire. When reviewing the regions, Andong and Yean communities were omitted, while the Udo regions were relatively dominated. Heungam Seowon was built under protection by the ruling Noron in Sangju in the 18th C entury. T he s ewon was run by s uch the houses of Seong of Changnyeong, Chae of Incheon, and Shin of Pyeongsan, the Noron groups in Sangju and they built Seosan Seowon and Chunguidan, later, uniting their groups. T hey made the c laim when they found that Sangju’s local governor Cho, Jeong-man’s name was deleted in Shimwonrok in Donam Seowon, dominated this seowon, and elected the head from their own faction, having conflicts with Namin. It implies that there were so intense conflicts around Donam Seowon. However, since 1743, Donam Seowon’s head was elected among Namin Line, and then, Ryu, Shim-choon(a great-grand son of Ryu, Jin) who was a famous scholar and a follower of Jeong, Jong-ro at that time, Lee, Kyung-yu(a great-grandson of Lee, Man-bu) and Kang, Se-ryun were inaugurated as the head of the Seowon, enhancing the institution’s reputation.