An analysis of religious and social conflicts in late Chosun Dynasty: With the emphasis on Though of Jeungsan

ABSTRACT

In the society of late Chosun Dynasty, the religion movement beared important meanings and roles in both a individual and social dimension. In general, religion can overcome the conflict occurring in reality, and resolve the ultimate problems of the individual by bringing forth the new meanings of life. It is necessary to focus on the reasons why interclass conflict and unbalance were deepened, and the different social and history consciousness, and the self awakening appeared in late Chosun Dynasty. I will try to look into how Jeungsan is seeing these problems in the situation as this, and interpreting and solving disharmony and conflict of the religion society. So, main contents of the paper deal with Jeungsan s aspects of the reality recognition and the logic of overcoming conflict about all sort of fields such as the culture, the religion, the economy, and the politic in the society of late Chosun Dynasty. That is, based on Jeungsan-Thonght , it will be analyzed how Though of ChunGii-Gongsa , originated from the reality recognition, acts on the social revolution and the establishment of the self awakening among peoples.