왕양명 지행합일설을 어떻게 이해할 것인가? - 지행합일의 정당화 논리를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper addresses two main topics as a primary objective to provide clear guidance to readers who wish to thoroughly understand Wang Yangming's unity of knowledge and action concept. First, in Chapter 2, the process of presenting the unity of knowledge and action is traced. It is revealed in the historical records that Wang Yangming expounded the unity of knowledge and action while still in Longchang at the age of 38, the year after he awakened to Xin-Ji-Li(sincerity in his heart) at the age of 37. However, although the historical records do not provide any explicit explanation for the reason Wang Yangming presented the unity of knowledge and action, careful examination of the historical records reveals clues. Consequently, it becomes possible to interpret that Wang Yangming expounded the unity of knowledge and action based on his theory of Xin-Ji-Li. In Chapter 3, we examined the justification logic of the unity of knowledge and action. While the suggestion for the unity of knowledge and action seems reasonable, it is not easy to understand the claim that knowledge and action are originally united, as argued by Wang Yang-ming. Therefore, we summarized the typical stance critiquing the unity of knowledge and action as two propositions: 'even if you know it, it is not necessary for you to do it’ and after knowing it , and then you can do it,’ and looked into how Wang Yang-ming justifies his unity of knowledge and action.