한대인들은 왜 돌에 그림을 새겼는가? ― 영원한 삶의 염원을 위한 유교와 신화의 교착 ―

Abstract

This thesis examines the Confucian thought and mythological reason shown in the stone statues through three aspects: the production intention, the story expressed in the stone statues, and the meaning of the stone statues, which are memorial stones for ancestral ceremonies in the Han Dynasty. Through this, it is a paper that re-examines and seeks the contact point between mythological thought and Confucianism in a unique culture and its value. In Chapter 2, the external intention to reveal the filial piety ideology was reviewed, focusing on the filial piety story of Muliang temple. Among them, in the image of ZengZi, in addition to the symbolism widely known as the producer of 『Xiaojing』, it can be seen that there is an intention to reveal the trust of the monarch and subjects through faithfully following the state system by citing the story of 『zhanguoce』. The story of zhengran reveals the value of filial piety beyond the law of reality, and the story of Anguo confirms the intention to reveal the achievements of the living, not the dead. Furthermore, it was possible to confirm the social climate emphasizing the importance of virtuous women beyond the filial piety between parents and children. In Chapter 3, the idea of immortality related to Xiwangmu as a mythological subject of stone statues and the eternity of the dead realized through it were reviewed. In particular, it was confirmed that the possibility of ascending to the world of immortals was expressed by reenacting the scene where the owner of the shrine, who rode in a carriage, received a ancestral rite for his descendants through the picture of a memorial service in a pavilion. This is to realize the wishes of the descendants, who pray for the realization of the eternity of their ancestors, through the repeated rites held in tombs and shrines, in the form of ancestor worship and the image of the sages, including Xiwangmu. This is the true meaning of serving the dead of the 『Zhongyong』 as if they were alive, and the intention is to realize the eternity of their ancestors in this world.