혈구지도(絜矩之道)를 통한 다문화사회 소통⋅융합의 예(禮)실천방법 연구

Abstract

Aliens in Korea in December 2014, 179 million 7618 members of the nation's total population of 3.5 percent of the procedure. It was more than 2.5 times higher than 67 million 2003. Korean society is rapidly becoming a multicultural society due to the increasing numbers of all kinds of foreigners, including the 28,400 North Korean defectors who were living in South Korea as of the end of October, 2015. This phenomenon results in conflicts of culture, education, and economy between immigrants and local residents, giving rise to complex social problems which cannot be overlooked. At the core of this matter is the issue of communication and harmony between traditional members of society and immigrants. The aim of this study is to find a solution by observing decorum as a criterion of behavior patterns during interactions between members of a multicultural society. I aim to study the use of practicing decorum to facilitate communication and harmony according to the principle of Huyl-Gu from Daehak, a Confucian scripture on the ruling principles of royalty, which can be used to understand the modern, multicultural Korean society as well. It is possible to see that the principle of Huyl-Gu can be used as an ethics guide for facilitating harmonious interactions in many ages and countries because it promotes the essential value of decorum, which is an ideology pervasive in all social networks in human society. The ultimate aim of this study is to show that the principle of Huyl-Gu influenced the practicing of decorum in Confucianist societies during the warring states period, Neo-Confucianism during the Song Dynasty, and rules of decorum in the Chosun Dynasty. Also, I intend to show that the principle of practicing decorum in Confucianism can be viewed as a criterion of behavior for communication and harmony in human relations in modern society. It seems to be effective in education for social equality, practicing harmonious decorum among members in the multicultural society of contemporary Korea, and in viewing the practicing of decorum as a criteria of behavior for communication and harmony, which could help lead Korea toward social integration in the unified Korea of the future.