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This thesis studied 'the view of the ideal world' focusing on『Chunjigyebyuk-kyoung』that contains works and quotations of Kang Jeung-San (1871-1909), a figure of the Greater Korean Empire, among ‘New Religion’ ideologies occurred in East Asia in the 19th century. It criticized the problems of the preexisting world and considered ‘Haewon’ as the solution, and it explained Jeung-San's ideology divided into categories, which mentioned the political affairs and cultural elements of 'the ideal world' that will unfold after ‘Haewon.’ Cultural elements are about memorial service, funeral, marriage, order of men-women relationship, education, ethics, farming, food, status order, population, good fortune, longevity, convention, and custom. The reason why Kang Jeung-San described and planned such ideal world as a world that can be actualized are not just dreaming of a fabricated world impossible to actualize; but rather, it is a production of introspection about the ideal and reality of intellectuals who perceived the darkness and pain of the period. Such ideology seems to have shown a model of what kind of society is the ideal world that mankind should seek, the world where everyone can live well together.