權近 『禮記淺見錄』』「曲禮」편의 체제에 관한 연구 -『儀禮經傳通解』와 『禮記纂言』과의 비교를 중심으로-

Abstract

Gwon Geun made an effort to establish an academic foundation for ruling by ritual regulations in response to the demands of the times during the late Goryeo and the early Joseon period. His academic pursuit culminates in the Yegi cheongyeonnok 禮記淺見錄. One of the prominent features of this book is that it reorganizes some of the chapters of the Liji 禮記 by classifying and rearranging their contents according to subjects. This paper compares the way Gwon Geun reorganizes the “Quli” 曲禮 chapter of the Liji with the ways Zhu Xi 朱熹 and Wu Cheng 吳澄 did, with the aim of elucidating the characteristics of Gwon Geun’s yehak 禮學 (study on ritual) and its significance in the history of thoughts on Confucian classics. The characteristics of Gwon Geun’s yehak derived from the analysis of “Quli” in the Yegi cheongyeonnok are as follows: 1) Gwon Geun demonstrates a firm commitment to correcting errors in Liji’s editing order. 2) He classifies “Quli” into sections and subsections in a detailed way. 3) He emphasizes well-organized structure and logical coherence when classifying sections and subsections and rearranging the texts. 4) He relies heavily on Zhu Xi’s theory on Confucian classics and mind cultivation when reorganizing “Quli.” 5) He introduces the method of classifying the contents of the Liji suggested by I Saek. 6) When writing the Yegi cheongyeonnok, he did not refer to Zhu Xi’s Yili jingzhuan tongjie 儀禮經傳通解 and Wu Cheng’s Liji zuanyan 禮記纂言, which reinforces the originality of the Yegi cheongyeonnok. Correcting errors in Liji’s editing order is no easy task, especially in the early Joseon period when research on the Liji was scarcely undertaken. Gwon Geun performed this onerous task displaying originality in his Yegi cheongyeonnok. The quality of his work is far from lagging behind the Liji zuanyan. In this respect, the Yegi cheongyeonnok assumes considerable significance in the history of thoughts on Confucian classics.