朝鮮通信使の筆談·唱酬と朝鮮、日本学士の相互認識に関する研究 - 天和、正徳、享和度の筆談唱酬をめぐって-

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In the Far East dominated by Chinse characters, China had been enjoying an authority as the origin of Confucianism, transmitting and expanding its cultural influences to the neighboring countries. However, spurred by “Huawei metamorphosis” in the Ming-Quing Transition period, the extensive debates both in Korea and Japan centering around the cultural hegemony of Confucianism had been increasing. In Korea, these debates eventually brought forth an ideology of Small-Sinocentrism, whereas in Japan they resulted in an idea favoring the necessity of transition as expounded in “Cultural progress of prospering.” It was Chosun Diplomatic Delegation (Chosun Tongshinsa)’s visit to Japan that served as a stage for the collision of the aforementioned two ideas. In the diplomatic meeting, the scholars from both countries were able to express their nation’s stance through written conversations and poems.
When Chosun scholars exchanged poems with ten Japanese scholars from HAYASHIYA scholarmaster in Edo-period, their attitude towards poetry competition was serious as if they had been in battle against the enemy.
Most notable was the scene where the scholars of Soraigaku launched their criticism against New Confucianism. It appeared that they wanted to use the competition as a leverage for their worldly fame by finding faults with Chosun’s New Confucianism. This conjecture becomes plausible, given that they had been slighted in the mainstream of the then Japanese academic world since they established itself under the banner of “Kobunjigaku”.