论圃隐郑梦周的儒学思想

Abstract

Zheng Mengzhou is an important Confucian between the end of Koryo Dynasty and the beginning of Korea. This article explores Zheng Mengzhou’s thoughts of Xing Li Xue (Theory of Human Nature and Principle) and its academic and social value, based on other people’s evaluation, his poetry and his Spirit of Principle and Justice. As a good friend and with a deep understanding of Zheng Mengzhou’s academic thoughts, Mu Yin recommended Zheng Mengzhou to teach Xing Li Xue (Theory of Human Nature and Principle) at Sungkyunkwan. Li Qiang wrote five poems, one article and jotting for Zheng Mengzhou. These records sufficiently explained the fact that Zheng Mengzhou was the originator of the study of Xing Li Xue (Theory of Human Nature and Principle). Besides, the main basis of the study of Zheng Mengzhou’s thoughs of Xing Li Xue is his poems and articles. His poems not only had an important impact on people, but also were edited in Collections of Poems by Chinese literator. All these illustrate that he explained Zhu Xi’s thoughts of Li Xue, on the one hand, and inherited Chengzhu’s thoughts of Yi theory, on the other. Besides, he also carried forward Confucianism and occupied a pivotal position in the development of Korean Confucianism.