A Preliminary Study On Moral Reconstruction After The Seven-Year War In Joseon Dynasty

1592,the end of the govern of the Seonjo of Joseon in Korea.Toyotomi hideyoshi was expanding his sphere of influence in an attempt to dominate east Asia.He launched the Seven-Year War.Out of the responsibility of suzerain,China sent its soldiers to assist the Joseon Dynasty and won the war.After the end of the war,the most urgent task for the military and civilians on the Korean peninsula is to carry out post-war reconstruction.Korea itself was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.Although it was established with the Confucianism,it did not absorb enough Confucian doctrines of the Ming dynasty,resulting in its inherent defects in moral principles.After the Seven-Year War.and the destruction of Japanese pirates,there was a lack of moral integrity after the war.In the aftermath of the war,there was an obvious and serious lack of morality in all areas of society.Under such circumstances,moral reconstruction was put on the agenda of the reconstruction of the Korean Dynasty as an important issue.The policy of moral reconstruction can be found in a series of active and passive activities from the monarch and the civilian.The king of Korea was the first to recognize this social situation and decided to adopt the post-war policy of moral reconstruction.Gwanghaegunpublished the book Tonggusinsoksamganghaengsil,which is an ethical-education book,hoping to guide and inspire the public through the stories of loyalty and righteousness.He also promoted the policies that had been implemented in the past to the grass-roots level once again.At the same time,the Korean people were comforted by the Chinese belief of Guan Yu,which was full of loyalty.Finally,put in charge of the construction of XuanWu Temple,to express the gratitude to Xing jie,to inspire Korean subjects to remember the history of anti-japanese pirates and to guard the spirit of loyalty and courage.The north Korean officers also played their own subjective initiative to coordinate with the policies of kwanghae.First,through the reconstruction of the township schools and colleges,the promulgation of the village contract regulations,the election of the township responsible person,for the postwar moral education and discipline of people and behavior does not conform to the code of ethics,in order to maintain the effective governance of one party,to achieve the results of the local moral reconstruction.Secondly,through the writing of the history of the Japanese pirates,they let Korean persons familiar with some positive typical figures or people at the bottom of the society in order to achieve the moral guidance and healing effect.Third,the organization of the Korean temple around the reconstruction,and strived to Seonjo of Joseon forworship in the temple from the Korean five sages,in order to enhance self-consciousness,emphasizing the effect of moral will.Under the efforts of the monarch and the scholar-officials,the moral reconstruction also achieved good results.It restored stable order of the Korean peninsula,guaranteed the ruling class’ s interests,and enabled the Joseon Dynasty to survive for many years after the Japanese invasion.In addition,the moral reconstruction also had some subtle effects on the Sino-Korean relations and the situation in East Asia.