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The member of Yeoju Lee’s family, who lived in the Deogsan area from the 18th and the early 19th century for generations, are Lee Kwang-hyu and his son Lee Chul-hwan, Lee Byung-hyu and his son Lee Sarrr hwan, and Lee Yong-hyu and his son Lee Ga-hwa, the descendants of of Lee Ik, pen name Sungho.
After ‘Kyungsinhwanguk’ (political structural reform - most of the south factionwas deported and the west took power), one of Yeoju Lee’s ancestor, Lee Ha-jin was punished to death because of his different political disposition, and Lee Jam was also imprisoned to death since for his involvement in the ‘Crown Prince Issue’. As a result of the incidents, Yeoju Lee’s family concentrated on the search for studies, apart from advancing in the political arena. The reasonwhy Sungho Lee Ik, living in Chumsung-li, was called a great scholar in practical sciences, and descendants could succeed from his academic traditions are derived from the fate of family.
In the course of receiving Western Studies in the late Chosun Dynasty, Lee’s family had a strong tendency for Western Studies by accepting or excluding it with lots of interest. As the modern-oriented disposition in the late Chosun Dynasty, this shows a changed academic feature of newly formed studies.
In the book ‘Mulbo’, written by Lee Chul-hwan and his son Lee Jae-wi, it is said that human being is the most valuable existence among all creatures: thus, the character of creatures is supposed to be beneficial to mankind by human’s scientific analysis. Meanwhile, considering that the interest for trees and plants is bigger than for insects and fish, it is assumed the former was used as useful medicine, making a great contribution to the medical development of daily life.
In the process of accepting Catholicism, Lee Oa-hwan’s interest toward Catholicism and Lee Sam-hwan’s expulsion toward it shows different aspects in their chracter. Lee Ga-hwan was influenced by western astronomy, so he read such books as ‘Chuniusilui’, and ‘Chilguk’, and he thought there was a God in the heaven all the time. Also, after Lee Ga-hwan debated with Lee Byuk fervently, Lee Ga-hwan called Catholicism ‘truth and the right way’. When the government started to oppress against Catholicism, there were both opinions to call Catholic missionary, and to bring in the western ship that could protect Catholicism.
Meantime, Lee Sam-hwan criticized the service of Catholicism and its nonsensical fiction by writing two consecutive books of ‘Yanghakbyun’, and denied the miracle of Catholicism in the book of ‘Dapinwoosokbyun’. Lee Sam-hwan’s active repulsion toward Catholicism is validated King Jungjo’s appointing him to be involved in ‘Byuksajijung’. The fact that Lee Nam-gyu, pen name Sudang, who was the core member of righteous army activity, wrote Lee Sam-hwan’s epitaph could be a helpful clue to understand the academic disposition of Yeoju Lee’s family is related to the repulsion movement in the late Daehan Empire.