《명심보감》의 행복관

Abstract

The 《Myongsimbogam》 was read by not only scholars, but also ordinary people to great effect in the Confucianism cultural area, such as China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Furthermore, Western missionaries were impressed, so in 1590 it became the first Oriental publication translated into Spanish, German and French. It helped Western people to understand the thought of the Orient. 《Myongsimbogam》 originated with a publisher that solicited contributions for religious purposes in Fanrifun in 1393. It is a book which is made for suggesting virtue, and it is made up of about 20 books. The third countries of East Asia. Each accommodated 《Myongsimbogam》 in independent ways, and a lot of literature and Confucianist and Buddhist monks accomodated it. Thus, 《Myongsimbogam》 contains a variety of thoughts and it affects lots of fields such as philosophy, literature, thought and religion. The valuable lesson of 《Myongsimbogam》 is the widely proposed solutions to the recent problems such as keeping house, contributing to society and governing the nation. We can achieve fulfillment by learning this book. Also we'll have the will to try to make life's journey a success by contributing to human history. Therefore, the practical use for education and understanding of 《Myongsimbogam》 is to help humanity to find solutions for making a peaceful word. That's why we need to keep doing such an in-depth study of the book. Nowadays, many countries research 《Myongsimbogam》, but the problem is most of countries are researching only their county, not other countries. In this case, we should keep research with international point of view.