A Study on the Origins and Characteristics of the academic regulations of Museong Seowon

In this paper, the origin and characteristics of the academic regulations of Museong Seowon, which are currently included in the 1884 and 1936 edition of the Seowon historical Book, were examined. According to this, the academic regulations of Museong Seowon, which is currently handed down, was made based on “Seoksil Seowon Hakkyu” by Kim Won-haeng (1702~1772). Accordingly, in this paper, I first examined why the academic regulations of Museong Seowon was established with Kim Won-haeng's “Seoksil Seowon Hakkyu” as the original. In this regard, this paper paid attention to the fact that Kim Won-haeng was appointed as the third director of Pilam Seowon in a similar location in the same Jeolla-do area in 1762 (Yeongjo 38). Regarding the characteristics of the contents of the academic regulations of Museong Seowon, this paper reviewed two main points. First, I examined how Toegye Yi Hwang (1501~1570)'s “Isanwongyu” clause 6, which says, “Books cannot go out of the gate of Seowon,” was adopted as a rule of Museong Seowon, and I examined how important and difficult the management of books of Museong Seowon had been at that time. Second, I reviewed the reasons why articles 2 and 21 among Seoksil Seowon Hakkyu, which are provisions on the appointment of the director and reading activities on the academic regulations held on the 1st and 15th day of every month were not adopted as the academic regulations of Museong Seowon, even though they were the basic provisions for the education and operation of Seowon. According to the paper's consideration, the reason why the two provisions of Seoksil Seowon Hakkyu were not adopted as the academic regulations in Museong Seowon seems to be because Museong Seowon was in such a difficult situation that there was no director until 1871 and the memorial service for spring and fall was not properly held. On the other hand, it can be interpreted as evidence that the academic regulations of Museong Seowon were not simply followed by Seoksil Seowon Hakkyu, but were made based on a cool self-awareness of the reality of the Museong Seowon.