퇴계 이황의 『송계원명이학통록』에 대한 기초적 분석

Abstract

Noticeable writing works of Toegye Lee Hwang related to Neo-Confucianism are Jujaseojeolyo and Songgyewonmyunglihaktonglok(ihaktonglok). Jujaseojeolyo is a final result of Toegye’s ten-year long study of Jujadaejeon. Three years after finishing the compilation of jujaseojeolyo, he launched on the compilation of ihaktonglok. If we regard the writing of these works as a consecutive process, jujaseojeolyo could be understood as a one-dimensional study of Neo-Confucianism centered on Zhu-zi’s letter writings, and ihaktonglok as a multi-dimensional study of Neo-Confucianism making the best of various sources for the establishment of Zhu-zi’s genealogy. However, unfortunately, in this process, the ihaktonglok had been handed down uncompleted. Here, I am going to include Toegye’s Lihaktonglokseo, and his disciple Wolcheon Jo Mok’s Lihaktonglokbal as major basic sources for my discussion. Toegye summarized three objects for the compilation of ihaktonglok as follows. First, he tried to figure out who the pupils of Zhu-zi were. Second, he tried to clarify the essential points of Daoxue. Third, he tried to reveal the distinguished service of Zhu-zi who had tried to reveal the teachings of Zhu-zi in the midst of persecutive situation under which his thoughts were regarded as a weixue. Wolcheon mentioned in his Lihaktonglokbal the basic composition status of ihaktonglok, the motives of its publication, and the contents related to the revision of it. At the same time, he added some supplementary explanations in regard to the contents of ihaktonglok. This includes his regret on the fact that the book had remained uncompleted, that is, it contains some contents indicating the limits of ihaktonglok. Ihaktonglok had been highly evaluated by many Confucian literati representing the Choson dynasty. From this we can confirm the fact that ihaktonglok had taken a very important and grave position in the history of literature in Choson dynasty.