農巖 金昌協의 人性物性論

Abstract

Kim Chang-hyup(金昌協) with the pen name of Nong-am(農巖) was one of the most typical figures among Noron(老論) party in political power by the latter seventeenth century, and his ideas exerted great influence on the birth of the doctorial sect of Nak(洛學). The object of this writing is placed on the more clear identification of the doctrines of Nak sect. As a matter of fact, the doctrines of Nak sect have remained under somewhat ambiguous conditions. Kim Chang-hyups theories, related to the problems of human nature and the natures of things, revealed some logical inconsistency. Thats why sometimes his theories used to be open to the severe criticism from Ho sect(湖論) and even from Nak sect itself. As clear in his assertion of differences between human nature and the natures of things, he was trying to uplift social morality inside each social beings nature especially by criticizing Pak Se-dangs thoughts. It is true that because of his criticizing like this, he became held in check by Noron(老論) and Soron(少論) political party. However, despite their political attacks, he continued to denounce Pak Se-dang, saying that if one detaches only human nature from the natures of things so as to highlight facing against things and private cultivation, one cannot understand the real aspects of human nature, and rather is apt to lead oneself to let ones emotion to irregular and uncontrolled situation. Like above, he placed his main emphasis not just on the existence of a certain fact but on human efforts to make something psychologically presupposed condition embodied in the real world. His standpoint with denying the aperture between human nature and natures of things, gave lots of academic inspiration to the theory that asserted sameness between human nature and natures of things afterward, and accordingly at last his thoughts became main ones among scholars of Nak doctrinal sect.