김창흡과 이현익의 미발과 미발공부의 유무에 관한 논쟁 및 김창협과 비교

Abstract

Yi Hyeonik, a member of the Rak group, divided between quiet and the Not-Yet Arouse State in mind, and claimed non-balance as a broad sense of the Not-Yet Arouse State in mind; on the other hand, balance as a narrow sense. But Kim Changheup, a teacher of the Rak group, did not divide the Not-Yet Arouse State and quiet, and the latter has balance and non-balance. Therefore, humans need self-cultivation through Mindfulness when to the Not-Yet Arouse State in Mind. Because of that, he criticized Yi’s claim, saying humans need not self-cultivation because the Not-Yet Arouse State in mind is the best stage, but need self-cultivation because the stage of the quiet in mind is not so. Kim Changhyeop, an elder brother of Kim Changheup and teacher of Yi, humans need not self-cultivation because the Not-Yet Arouse State in mind is the best stage, but need self-cultivation because the stage of the quiet in mind is not so. This is similar to Yi, so his theory is closer to Yi as his student than Kim Changheup as his own younger brother. Yi was influenced by Kim Changhyeop, while the theory was written in Kim Changheup’s letter to Kim Changhyeop. That of Kim Changheup was established after his brother’s death, so his theory was different from his brother’s. Kim Changheup also admitted that. Therefore, Yi’s argument is fact closer Kim Yanghaeng’s regarding Yi’s argument as faith in Kim Changheop than Both Kim Changheup and Eo Yubong regarded it as a new theory meaning heresy. Their debate in the Rak group came to the conclusion of self-cultivation, whether the Not-Yet Arouse State in mind needs self-cultivation or not, and this was the goal of Confucianism, so the debate was necessary.