퇴계 이황의 유기체 우주론과 생태사상

Abstract

The thought of unity between Heaven and man that is based on a farmer’s philosophy built in agrarian society made Lee Hwang’s view of the nature or vision of the universe. Lee Hwang’s ecological idea inclines toward metaphysical and ideological intention. And that cannot free itself from a boundary of medieval intellectual’s idealism lived in forests-life environment at five centuries ago. An idea as it is called Man-Mul-IL-Che that all things are one body makes organic cosmology that an ecosystem is connected as one. The idea of Man-Mul-IL-Che is formed by giving an ethical attributes based on the connecting structure of kinship and organic of all beings. We cannot agree to such a meaning of that Man-Mul-IL-Che is one body that all beings have the same substance in one. We should understand that Man-Mul came from the same root and became a great one body by connecting each other without a break. It is worth studying on the concept of Man-Mul-IL-Che standing on that the world of universe and nature is a great family. Lee Hwang is endowed with a rich sensibility of the humanities. The humane sensibilities and ecological thinkings combined and made an aesthetics of symbiosis and mutual reinforcement. Confucianism has a tendency to lay stress on pro-civilization and the realities of life very strong. Man-Mul-IL-Che and many other confucian ideas are sure to contribute to developing the new ecological paradigm.