신후담 역(易) 해석의 통합적 방법론 - 「문언전(文言傳)」을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Sin Hu-Dam pursued a balanced method of images(象) and statements(辭) to interpret Zhouyi. He thought that Zhouyi could not be interpreted without an understanding of images because the statements in Zhouyi were formed by borrowing images. With this perception, the methodology of moral philosophical interpretations on Zhouyi(義理易學) was applied more thoroughly to complement and inherit the interpretation of the existing Cheng-zhu’s Yi Learning(程朱易學), and the yaobai(爻變) as a methodology of symbol-numerological interpretation on Zhouyi(象數易學) was actively applied to explore the images in depth. Wenyan-zhuan is consists of relatively focused sentences on statements rather than images, but this also has been interpreted in a balanced manner between images and statements by appropriately utilizing the neighborhood and respondence(比應) and the yaobai. This shows that the position of Shin Hu-dam, which emphasizes the integrated understanding of the images and the statements for interpreting Zhouyi, is applied with consistency. The historical status of Shin Hu-dam’s Yi Learning thoughts can be established by focusing on the aspects of integrating the methodology of yaobai with the existing Yi Learning. Through a thorough study of ancient confucian scriptures, the yaobai was discovered and applied to the interpretation of Zhouyi based on the integrated method of images and statements. In a broad sense, it is an integrated understanding of the moral philosophical interpretation and the symbol-numerological interpretation on Zhouyi.