崔漢綺의 運化論的 人間觀

Abstract

Choi Han-ki(崔漢綺, 1803-1875), a philosopher in 19th Chosun dynasty interchanging between the East and the West, recognized crisis of traditional Confucian and accepts the western's science and technology and reformed Kihak(氣學)'s Paradigm. In this paper, I researched Choi's philosophical thoughts related a anthropology on Wunhwa theory(運化論). I analyzed the concept of Wunhwa how to apply a view of human-being. Choi's Wunhwa Ki can be evaluated as internalization makes us thing a human being and society with coordination through objective understanding of nature. Thus there are three Wunhwa's structures. It is an organic structure of revolving Wunhwa of the self(一身運化), Wunhwa of governing between a human being, society, nation(統民運化), and Wunhwa of controling the Universe and it's principle(大氣運化). In the revolving Wunhwa of governing between a human being, society, nation, there are fixing society and nation's rise and fall. In the revolving Wunhwa of the self, there are vicissitudes of the individual life. Individuals combine to Society. Society is within the boundary of nature. Though Choi attempted to make a distinction between a human being and nature, he acknowledged Perceived nature to human being can not be the same with nature itself. Thus for him, to rely upon human experience and knowledge entirely can commit an error of anthropocentricism. As a human being's social activities originated from learning and mimic of nature, ultimately a human being should pursue coordination with nature, furthermore, the Universe. In the Universe's view, he unified a human being, society, nature.