박은식의 동학 인식

Abstract

In late Joseon, Confucianist’s viewpoint about Donghak[東學] and Donghak revolution[東學革命], regardless of conservative and progressive, is too critical. It is same to Pak Eun sik’s at that time. But seeing major historical events like Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905[乙巳勒約] and Japanese annexation of Korea[韓日强制合邦], he and progressive Confucianists had begun to make new interpretations Donghak and its revolution. This paper is research on history of mentality that infer how to form their modern values through the change. Because the change leads to change from tradition based Confucianism to modernity at all. Especially, the focus of this paper is his change to Yangming school. His Yangming school has distinctive feature that the salvationism and the nationalism with Yangji[良知] as the center. It is the philosophical bases that he has criticized Joseon Confucianism which advocates the ruling class of Yangban[兩班] and has newly explained to remake that. So in the Suffering history of Korea(1915) and the Blood history of Korea Independent Movement(1920) made after 1910, he explained that Donghak and its revolution is nation’s positive resistance to get Korea independence and real bases of March First Independence Movement in 1919. The other hand, his change of value gives the important message now. Because tradition of our generation brings fixation and adhesion on objective reality and can hardly even adjust and change. I hope that the tradition is not just followed to the past meaninglessly but restructured modernly.