선진유가사상에서의 교육의 의미와 교육방법적 원리 탐색: 五部經典을 중심으로

Abstract

The essence of the origin confucianism can be comprehend in the Five Classics, the Analects of Confucius, the Works of Mencius, the Book of Changes, the Doctrine of the Mean, and the Great Learning. The confucian education is connected directly with moral education on the ground of guiding a student's steps in the path of the good. The Book of Changes clearly shows relational philosophy as a general form of the East Thoughts. This relationships extend from the subject to the object, from human to all creation, from self to the others, from moral training to governing the people. The education that leads a student in the path of the good plays an important role in the constituting this organic relationship. The aim of the confucian education is cultivating a man of honor and a saint. The contents of education are the virtues in the Confucian Classics. The five educational method's principles are extracted out of the confucian thoughts essence. These are ① the principle of awe ② the principle of contrast ③ the principle of stage ④ the principle of sympathy ⑤ the principle of arts. The meaning of these principles is the point that recovering human moral consciousness.