A Study on Sinjae Yi Yeong-ik 信斎李令翊 and Chowon Yi Chung-ik 椒園李忠翊 : The Reception on Wang Yang-ming 王陽明 School in the Early Kanghwa 江華 School

Jeong In-po (鄭寅普) classified Korean Yang-ming School (陽明学派) into three groups. Yi Yeong-ik (李令翊; penname Sinjae信斎) and Yi Chung-ik (李忠翊; Chowon椒園)were classified as the Class 2. The Class 2 consists of people who left the words of criticism against Yang-ming Studies, but those words were false and in fact they were faithful believer of Yang-ming Studies. However, this analysis of Jeong is partially questionable. Yi Yeong-ik did not hide that he was a student of Yang-ming Studies. On the contrary, he described deep self-examination on Yang-ming Studies as one of the followers. Therefore, his words of criticism on Yang-ming Studies were not the false words to avoid trouble, but should be accepted as described. In case of Yi Chung-ik, it is certain that he enthusiastically believed in Yang-ming Studies for some time at least, according to the study on remaining documents. Jeong analyzed it was a lie that Yi Chung-ik saying that he turned himself against Yang-ming Studies following Yi Yeong-ik\u27s advice in later day. However, this analysis of Jeong lacks the first documents to base on. It is better to postpone if this analysis was true or not