박세당의 『장자』 주석 목적

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to clarify why Seogye Pak Sedang commented on Zhuangzi. He entered government service at the late age of 32, but he resigned his office at the early age of 40, knowing that he could not spread his will. After that, he continues his life as a farmer and devotes himself to education and writing. However, after he wrote a book on farming, he immediately commented on the books of heresy, Laozi and Zhuangzi, and it is necessary to explain this. The reason he commented on Laozi is to make the noblemen who were biased toward the ceremony realize the importance of the real, which is the core of the idea of ​​Laozi, and the reason he commented on Zhuangzi is to make the noblemen stop empty party strife by emptying their minds. Seogye describes the feeling of resigning his office through Commentary on Zhuangzi. No matter how much he argues with the opponent, the opponent does not accept it and fights back. So even if he looks foolish, his leaving without a word is a way to stabilize the world a little bit faster. He wrote the preface of Commentary on Zhuangzi in 1680 at the age of 52. However, considering that he had a lot of comments and he referred to so many books, it is presumed that he was interested in Zhuangzi before he was hiding, and so started his comments relatively early after he had stayed away. The reason for the comment is to stabilize and empty his mind privately, and to save the country and the people from confusion publicly by emptying the mind of the noblemen.