백용성 연구의 회고와 전망

Abstract

This consideration is a paper for prospect of future research and in arranging research result so far about Baekyongsung as called high monk, independent activist and buddhist reformer under the Japanese Empire. There has been for over seventy years since Baekyongsung was past away and forty years for starting research Baekyongsung. But there was no arranged argumental documents synthetically result, introspection, point in dispute and research direction for researching Baekyongsung. Therefore in this consideration I examined trend of initial research and classified catalogue in analyzing established research of Baekyongsung. In classified catalogue, I classified history of his life, Daegakgyo(the Great Enlightenment school), national movement, buddhist reform, buddhist popularization, thought, writings, transmission and succession, and source books and the public books publication. At the same time I presented pertinent papers. We can be understood trend of research for Baekyongsung so far through such contents. And prospect of research for Baekyongsung I presented character which came out until research and point in dispute. The points in dispute are narrow researchers level, paying attention to basic fact confirmation, sight fixed at nationalism and Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, weak for various point of view and leading planning of research by Daegaksasang Research Institute and lack of popularization as result of research etc. I suggested direction for future research under such premise. The consideration kept such contents can be the important object in research for Baekyongsung and history of its research. I would like to promise analyzing history of research for Baekyongsung from humanities' point of view.