This paper investigates the several characteristics of education view through <A Poem recommending Sohak(勸小學詩)>,which is included in the collection of Kim An Kuk and illuminates its the meaning of the times. Sohak is an important book on self‐culture that is used to enlighten Chosun society through confucian morality. In the early age of Chosun Dynasty, Kim An Kuk wrote <A Poem recommending Sohak(勸小學詩)> to advise to practice the theory of Sohak, which was like an introduction of confucian education, encouraged Hyanggyo students to follow the moral standard of confucian society, and made efforts to educate country people. This enlightenment and being custom(化民成俗) are originated from the active incentive of Sohak education by Jungjong. Kim An Kuk was appointed to the governor of Kyungsang‐do and emphasized Sohak intensively. For this, there were vigorous Sohak education campaigns. In <A Poem recommending Sohak(勸小學詩)>, which was written in this situation, there were three remarkable perspectives of education. One of them is the perspective that accentuate morality. At that time, as the graft and moral corruption of the Hungu pervaded, Kim An Kuk emphasized to recover morality with ethical policy, highlight confucian moral ethics and educate people. Secondly, it is the educational view of underlining practicability. The Hungu highlighted poem and lines and made a display of literature. He criticized it and stressed having moral manner and practicing moral ethics. At last, it is the educational view that emphasizes enlightenment of custom in daily life. <A Poem recommending Sohak(勸小學詩)> by Kim An Kuk accentuates that it is possible that confucian customs are penetrated to daily life naturally and moral confucian human type is formed in the living. Following this, it enunciated that <A Poem recommending Sohak(勸小學詩)> was created to reform the Chosun society in 16th centuries that ethical discipline was collapsed by the corruption and power abuse of the Hungu and through this, it also stated the characteristics of Kim An Kuk’s educational view.

• Cho, Young‐Lin(Daegu Haany University)