This article focuses on `Bare Life` figures from social critical lyrics of the late Joseon between 18th-19th Century. First part of this study demonstrates that `Live Politics` which arose from Western political context has how different foundation from confucian political tradition of the East. After this analysis, this research found that characteristic of the late Joseon political power system. From this features of the period, this paper argues that social critical lyrics also frequently contains `bare life` figures. In addition to this find out, this study examines certain relevance to changes of confucian publicness and concept of the people during this period.