『태극도』와 『태극도설』의 디지털인문학적 연구 ― 디지털인문학적 철학 연구 모델 정초를 위한 실험적 연구 ―

Abstract

This study aims to analyze and understand the Taijitu (Diagram of the Ultimate of the Great) and the Explanation of the Taijitu by Zhou Dunyi (周敦頤, 1017-1073) with a new perspective of Digital Humanities. Most studies on the Taijitu and the Explanation of the Taijitu frequently use the term, cosmology’; however, the connotation is not constant. Cosmology means ‘cosmogony’ when researchers are trying to explain the origin and evolution of the universe, but it means ‘metaphysics’ when studying the structure and nature of the universe. The existing research trends in the Taijitu and the Explanation of the Taijitu consisted of cosmogonic and metaphysical perspectives. By rearranging the image of the Taijitu, this study discusses that the Taijitu has the structures of ‘vertical symmetry’ and ‘isomorphic repetition’, and that the structures reveal a metaphysical point of view rather than cosmogony. Next, I structure data excerpted from the Explanation of the Taijitu to construct a semantic network graph. These rearranging projects are executed by reflecting the perspective of cosmogony and metaphysics, respectively. The semantic network graph of the Explanation of the Taijitu constructed from a metaphysical viewpoint is interestingly related to the Taijitu’s structure of ‘isomorphic repetition,’ that is, the circle shape of the Ultimate of the Great (the Ultimate of Non-Being), the implications of which are the concepts of begetter and totality. Also, the feature and structure of this semantic graph (knowledge graph) can be associated with the Cheonmyeongdo (Diagram of the Heavenly Mandate) by Yi Hwang (李滉, 1502~1570). Therefore, this study additionally structures data excerpted from the Explanation of the Cheonmyeongdo, builds a semantic graph again, and compares it with the semantic network graph of the Explanation of the Taijitu.