Until now, the Toegye Yi Hwang(1501-1570)' Chosanghwa, a portrait, is not found. So today, we usually imagine Toegye' shape really so through the 1,000 won bill's, created by a modern painter Hyeon Cho Lee Yutae(玄艸 李惟台).
However, a few years ago I di ...
Until now, the Toegye Yi Hwang(1501-1570)' Chosanghwa, a portrait, is not found. So today, we usually imagine Toegye' shape really so through the 1,000 won bill's, created by a modern painter Hyeon Cho Lee Yutae(玄艸 李惟台).
However, a few years ago I discovered that was a new portrait of Toegye, is made by someone during Japanese Ruling Era of Korea. Then I wrote a paper. titled A Study on Tyoegye's Portrait of Korea in Toegyehaknonjip.
However, I recently have knew, in addition to this, a new two portrait of Toegye of Joseon Dynasty and modern era are existed in our country. So I decide to to improve them on the basis of these data.
In addition, I think, through these portraits of Toegye reconsider a Toegyesang, Toegye image, as a Sonbi(士, a true confucian gentleman) in korean confucian context. This paper is written in awareness of these issues. Catching how to transform the image of Toegye, through portraits of Toegye, is very meaningful work, apart from studying the text of Toegye who is left.
We know, In the period of our modern and contemporary, in political and social context, had needed to be established a new Toegye image for the public enlightenment, education, and governance.
As shown in this paper, Toegye portrait of that era had asked each of imagination and ideology is reflected in it. So there is no one fixed Toegye image, but Toegye image have produced depending on the situation of our country.
Toegye image, in common, through the Joseon Dynasty, modern, contemporary, was a senior Confucian scholars(國老) who represents Korea society. However, the image portrayed in the Joseon dynasty and modern times are hardy dignified appearance. On the other hand, we feel the image as a weakness scholars. Such this, Toegye creation of the image is currently underway, is not done. Toegye images as Sonbi, so called a true gentleman in Korea, still open in the door to whatever is new.