신채호의 국수보전론(國粹保全論)과 유학 인식에 관한 연구

Abstract

To characterize the Korean modernist thinker Shin Chae-ho as an anti- Confucian thinker would be to misunderstand his thought system and meaning. Shin Chae-ho was a thinker who asked 'who am I' in a modern context in the face of a powerful and unfamiliar other. 'Ah(Self, 我)', a uniquely Korean modern subject, is the core concept that runs through his entire thought. Knowing has a magnetism that cannot be reduced to a Biah(Other, 非我). Self-existence has the characteristics of constancy and changeability, and constancy is an innate substance that has been inherited by the historical inheritance of ah. Metamorphosis is an acquired characteristic of the Atman that is newly formed in the relationship with the other person encountered in different times. Shin Chae-ho actively criticized the pre-modern abolition of Confucianism, but actively affirmed the historical inheritance of Ah and the preservation of the country. If the entire history of Confucianism is denied, the country cannot be inherited or continued, and then the self-reliance of Ah cannot be established. However, he urged the government to firmly reject the pre-modern worldview or insist on form and abolition, and to implement market guidance, the main place of Confucianism. Shin Chae-ho emphasized that in order to establish Ah of Joseon, we must not be buried in the centralism of universal others. He was also very wary of the Ah losing its subjective position and awareness, assimilating to the Other and falling into a state of slavery. The national beauty noodles are created in the process of rethinking the innate reality given to us historically and exploring the ways of relating to the Biah in the modern space. Confucianism, as the zeitgeist of the Joseon Dynasty, had a profound historical and cultural impact, and was therefore the primary object of examination as a pre-modern asset. However, noodles are not inherently given, but are created in close relation to the acquired forms generated in the process of relating to the via. Therefore, modern noodles are not independent of the upheavals of the times. This is why we should not insist on studying the Joseon Dynasty.