▁government ▁was ▁the ▁r uling ▁entity ▁to ▁render ▁aid ▁and ▁favor ▁to ▁the ▁people ▁while ▁the ▁people ▁were ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁government ' s ▁sympathy ▁and ▁rule . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁service ▁of ▁this ▁idea , ▁Je ong ▁critic ized ▁the ▁philosoph ers ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁for ▁eng aging ▁in ▁both ▁fruit less ▁et ym ological ▁scholar ship ▁and ▁purs uing ▁philosoph ical ▁theory ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁sake . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁scholar ship ▁should ▁be ▁re - f oc used ▁on ▁more ▁important ▁concerns ▁such ▁as ▁music , ▁rit ual , ▁and ▁law . ▁This ▁was ▁not ▁only ▁an ▁intellectual ▁but ▁also ▁a ▁political ▁assertion : ▁he ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁g w age o ▁exam in ations ▁by ▁which ▁people ▁qualified ▁for ▁royal ▁service ▁should ▁be ▁reform ed ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁these ▁concerns . ▁ ▁Ye ▁Philosoph y ▁Ye ▁philosophy ▁takes ▁up ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Je ong ▁Y ak y ong . ▁As ▁demonstrated ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁title ▁of ▁G ye ong se ▁Y up yo ▁( 경 세 유 표 , ▁ 經 世 <0xE9> <0x81> <0xBA> 表 , ▁Design ▁for ▁Good ▁Government ), ▁a ▁flags hip ▁work ▁of ▁his ▁which ▁presents ▁a ▁blue print ▁of ▁state ▁management , ▁was ▁Bang ny e ▁Ch ob on ▁( D raft ▁for ▁the ▁Country ' s ▁R ites ), ▁Je ong ▁uses ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁Ye ▁extens ively ▁to ▁represent ▁what ▁he ▁a ims ▁to ▁achieve ▁with ▁his ▁thought . ▁He ▁focus es ▁this