18세기 한문학 연구와 문화사적 시야

Abstract

The 18th century is the period of most actively studying today, in Chinese classics in Korea. As new data have been found, a point of view has been enlarged, the point at issue changed. The rich writings about floriculture at that time, the information of gardening, the hobby of collecting antics and old books, and the other information about activities like well being in hobby, made the lay of the cultural land changed, so far having been trying to approach the study only with the point of view of practical science. The aspect of concerns of scholars has been enlarged, the communication among them has been made more actively than before. Moreover, the concern of individual writers and the internal structure of writings themselves has been spread into the concern of the group of literature, and the approach of cultural history has been made more actively. However, the attitude of scholars is still so narrow and their questions come to a standstill. We need the attitude of asking ourselves to reconsider in casting a question, for overcoming a pre existing discourse and giving a new vision for the study of the Chinese classics of the 18th century. We need to cast a vivid questions not bounded in only one field, breaking the firm border of Chinese letters. If we change questions, everything will become totally new study. The obstacle in Chinese classics has been the pressure of texts to appreciate and analyze the writings and the violence of contexts of simply reconfirming the results fixed in a preconceived idea. We can not see any new voices in the theory of writers and writings which is just an explanation, not an analytical research. We should not adhere to the matter of value judgment, but focus on the fact itself. The way of overcoming this kind of obstacles is to revive the East Asiatic view of crossing over the national point of view. If we approach the study with a widened point of view, the meaning and significance of the Chinese classics of the 18th century will be totally changed. The view of comparison makes the reality concrete. Moreover, we should try to make an effort to communicate with other fields of studies and other scholars. In this way, we should revive the integrate spirit of humanism which in the past, traditionally, the old intellectuals had kept. The excessive fondness to literature should be overcame by the vision of cultural history. When the aspect of concern is broadened, the data appreciated in a new way, the aspect and study taken in Chinese classics will be unlimitedly expanded.