兪漢雋ㆍ朴胤源의 도문분리 논쟁과 兪漢雋의 各道其道論

Abstract

This essay is to review The Argument about Do-Mun-Bun-Ri(the argument on Separate of Morality and Literature; 道文分離論爭) between Park, Yun-won 朴胤源(1734-1799) and Yu, Han-jun 兪漢雋(1732-1811). As a good friend, Yu and Park often disputed with each other about many topics, The Argument about Do-Mun-Bun-Ri 道文分離 also arose from an usual disputation between them by letter. Park, Yun-won 朴胤源 wrote Yu, Han-jun 兪漢雋 a letter, in the letter, he criticized Yu's idea supported Do-Mun-Bun-Ri on view of Do-Mun-Il-Chi-Ron 道文一致論, the idea that Morality and literature are in consistency. But Yu, Han-jun 兪漢雋 contradicted Park's view by presentation of a lot of counterexamples, and he made his case that though not in basis of the Confucian morality, all the people can produce the best literary works and other results in that followed out their own moral behavior, idea and talent. The very same idea that he assert was called Gak-Do-Gi-Do-Ron 各道其道論 by him. After the Argument, Yu, Han-jun 兪漢雋 abided by his view to his last moment, but also accecpted the ideal of Do-Mun-Il-Chi 道文一致 in preserving the core of Do-Mun-Bun-Ri 道文分離, that is the idea of Literature's value is equal to Morality's and all of two have their own province. As this idea about Do-Mun-Il-Chi 道文一致 of Yu's is not in the basis of Jae-Do-Ron 載道論, the idea that Literature is a method expressing the Confucian Morality, but in the basis of Gak-Do-Gi-Do-Ron 各道其道論, it had made a significant contribution to bring up it on Literary to a new point that affirm a various morality, idea and taste of each individual person.