본 연구는 소론계 조홍진(趙弘鎭, 寬甫, 1743~1821)의 필적유휘(筆跡類彙) 의 분석을 바탕으로 소론계 문인들의 심학적 미의식을 고찰하기 위해 기획되었다. 조홍진은 정조 연간에 초계문신으로 유학자로서 뛰어난 감식안과 뚜렷한 자신의 견해로 필적유휘 를 편집했다. 그의 필적유휘 는 소론이라는 당파적 입장을 기반으로 구성․편집되었고, 제작 시기나 동기가 명확하고 전체적인 구성이 일관성이 있으며, 시․서․화와 문을 아우르며, 양적․질적으로도 상당하고 조홍진의 서화관이 분명하게 적용되었다는 점에서 자료적 가치가 매우 풍부하다고 할 수 있다. 특히 2첩과 3첩인 「하(夏)」와 「추(秋)」에는 시대를 관통하는 서화가들의 예술작품이 망라되어 있으며, 17세기에서 18세기에 이르는 서화의 전반적인 모습을 볼 수 있어 예술사의 흐름을 파악할 수 있는 자료이다. 예컨대 필적유휘 2첩과 3첩은 조선 중기에서 조선 후기에 이르는 시기의 대표적인 사대부화가 조속(趙涑)․조지운(趙之耘) 부자, 윤두서(尹斗緖)․윤덕희(尹德熙)부자, 조영석(趙榮祏)의 서화가 성첩되어있어 조홍진(趙弘鎭) 개인의 서화관을 이해할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 예술적 가치가 풍부함을 시사한다. 아울러 조홍진의 필적유휘 가 소론이라는 학맥을 바탕으로 구성되었다는 점에 근거해 심학적 비평의식과 주제의식이 비교적 잘 표출된 소론계 문인 이하곤(李夏坤)․조귀명(趙龜命)․조홍진(趙弘鎭)․정지순(鄭持淳)과 근기남인 이용휴(李用休)의 서화인식을 고찰해 본 결과 그들은 적극적으로 새로운 인식의 심안(心眼)을 열어줌과 동시에 주체적 자기 개성을 강조하는 예술론의 전개를 초래하였고 자아의 각성․주체심 강조․개성미의 추구를 지향하는 미학적 기반의 형성과 단초를 제공했음을 알 수 있다.
Based on the analysis of PilJeokYuWhee by Gwanbo Cho Hong-jin (寬甫 趙弘鎭, 1743-1821) of Soron circles, this study examines the Yangmingian aesthetic consciousness of the literary artists from the Soron faction. Cho Hong-jin was a member of Chogyemoonsin (抄啟文臣) and edited PilJeokYuWhee with outstanding insight and a clear standpoint as a Confucian scholar. His PilJeokYuWhee is organized and edited based on Soron’s political perspective and has a clear motive as well as the record of the production period, consistent overall composition encompassing poetry, calligraphy, and literature. The collection is quantitatively and qualitatively significant and contains Cho Hong-jin’s distinct views over paintings and calligraphies. Its historical value, therefore, is abundant. In particular, the 2nd and the 3rd volumes, Summer and Autumn include the works of literary artists whose value surpassed the times and offer a chance to review the overall appearance of literary arts from the 17th to the 18th century and grasp the flow of art history. For example, the 2nd and the 3rd volumes have a list of paintings from the mid to late Joseon Dynasty, created by exemplary noble artists such as Jo Sok(趙涑) and Jo Ji-un (趙之耘), Yun Du-seo (尹斗緖) and Yun Deok-hui (尹德熙), and Cho Young-seok(趙榮祏), which makes us understand Cho Hong-jin’s viewpoint on the literary arts and suggests the affluence of artistic values. In addition, based on the fact that Cho Hong jin grounded the composition of PilJeokYuWhee on the academic faction of Soron, the study compared Yi Ha-gon(李夏坤), Cho Gui-myeong(趙龜命), and Cho Hong-jin(趙弘鎭), Jeong Ji-soon(鄭持淳) whose psychological criticism and thematic awareness have been well expressed, with those of Yi Yong-hyu(李用休) who was part of Nam-in (the People of the South) Suburban factions; and concluded that the commonalities of their perspectives on the literary arts covered first, a deviation of the Neo-Confucian Domun (道問, Inquiries upon the way of life) standpoint, second, emphasis on the individual subjectivity, third, the logic of subjective and active self-acquisition and practice, and fourth, psychological aesthetic orientation. In short, the late Joseon Dynasty was a period in which a new viewpoint of art and awareness of paintings and calligraphies focused on the mind was born based on the establishment of Wang Yangming’s thoughts and the aesthetic theory that pursues the truth (眞). These efforts and practices resulted in broadening the scope of modern-oriented aesthetic consciousness that realizes the true face of the human subject by accelerating the recovery and conversion away from Neo-Confucian rationalism emphasizing formal norms to active subjectivity, the mind of the self (吾心), true self (眞我), and return-of-the-self (還我), and triggered a Yangmingian aesthetic consciousness.