소통의 맥락에서 본 조선후기 友情論의 양상

Abstract

This study is to find out the aspect of friendship theory in terms of communication in the late of Chosun. Firstly, it reveals social environment and condition causing active talks about friendship, viewing the lack of communication in reality. On this base, there are divided into three aspects in friendship theory. The first aspect is on internal communication with self. This attitude is to refuse external communication, to communicate only with self. The statement that I want to make friendship with myself contains the strong intention to keep ego, communicating only with self. The second aspect is on internal communication inside community. This case is about communication among members of one community having common purpose. Yeon Am group considered friends as family members, Nam Party accepted 『theory of social intercourse』, so a friend was considered as an another self. Their concern was not about the internal benefits of community, but about the better world. The third one is on communicating with strangers. The friendship among Dam Hyen and three noble men of Hang Joo became a brilliant communication model of creativity and sincerity in the intellectural history of Chosun dynasty. Through the process of CheonAeJiGee, the condition of real communication has deeply been considered. In short, friendship is meeting between two different existences in equal relationship, it is a good element to consider the meaning of real communication.