격치를 통한 율곡 독서방법론의 확장

Abstract

This study set out to collect and arrange Yulgok's reading methods scattered around the compendiums and investigate how his reading theory expanded through the roles and benefits of Gyeokchi(格致). As a reading method theory, Gyeokchi has different roles according to the variations of readers and the outcomes of reading trouble. Focusing on those aspects, the study shed light on how he expanded Gyeokchi as a reading method theory and thus achieved its results. In a discussion process, the investigator divided the utility of Gyeokchi in his reading method theory into two: the first was the application of Gyeokchi according to the objects. Yulgok was characteristic for applying the approach of Gyeokchi as a method theory fit for the levels of readers. The second was Gyeokchi as a way to overcome the reading trouble. He called wrong reading methods reading trouble, identified four major causes of reading trouble, and applied Gyeokchi as a solution. Those findings suggest that Yulgok provided a basis for the expansion of reading method theory through the utility of Gyeokchi.