식민지권력에의 협력과 좌절 ― 經學院과 향교 및 문묘와의 관계를 중심으로 ―

Abstract

In the colonial Chosun, the Kyonghagwon was the purposed institution for

collaboration established by the Chosun Government General in the year

1911. By the time Korea was liberated from Japan, Kyonghagwon, replacing

Sunggyungwan of Chosun Dynasty as a colonial institution, had won the

Yangban-Confucian scholars society over to the Chosun Government General

and played a role of propaganda in local provinces to enhance the colonial

ruling.

Centering around Hyangyo and Munmyo, Yangban-Confucian scholars

sought for solidarity, and by continuing activities they contrived to clarify

their identity as well as to approach up to the colonial ruling power,

maintaining an active and cooperative relationship with kyonghawon. In the

whirlwind of the rapidly changing colonial society, it was a strategic choice

for maintaining their power.

This collaborative relationship, however, was not in the equal terms with

the Chosun Gorernment General. In fact, it was obvious that all the work

Yangban-Confucian scholars did was always under the colonial government

ruling