퇴계의 「心無體用辯」에 대한 분석-形과 象 개념을 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper deals with Toegye Yi Hwang(退溪 李滉, 1501-1570)’s Taiji(太極) and Essence-Function(體用, tiyong) theory. Especially, Toegye’s criticism of Hwadam school as well as Yulgok’s criticism of them will be discussed to clarify its characteristics more distinctly. Therefore, in Chapter 2, we first look at the Hwadam school and Yulgok’s argument as a preliminary work on the characteristics of Toegye’s Essence-Function theory. At this time, I will focus on the difference between understandings on the concepts of 沖漠無眹 and xiang(象). It is because the analysis of these concepts help to understand the position of Yeonlo(蓮老) who is another disciple of Hwadam, in Toegye’s Critique on the Position That Does not Have Essence and Function. In Chapter 3, we briefly analyze the structure of Toegyo’s Critique on the Position That Does Not Have Essence and Function. I enumerate the three claims of Yeonlo and examine Toegye’s criticism in order. In Chapter 4, I discuss the criticism of Toegye about Yeonlo in the above writings, and deduce the characteristics of Toegye’s Theory of Essence-Function. In this paper, the concept of xiang(象) is suggested as a key word to interpretate the proposition of Neo-Confuciansm, “沖漠無眹, 萬象森然已具.” In Chapter 5, I will present some characteristics of Toegye’s theory based on the above discussion.