율곡 이이의 경제사상과 그 현대적 해석

Abstract

Liberalism and individualism in Western civilization have been important drivers of human development by guaranteeing creative thinking and activities based on individual freedom, human dignity and equal opportunity. Liberalism and individualism based on the rational reason of the Western civilization, growth universalism and scientific universalism are destroying the harmony between nature and man by grasping nature and man as objects for economic needs. Economically profit-seeking capitalism has deepened the gap between rich and poor and has been a long-term obstacle to global economic development. Korea's economic growth policy in accordance with Western capitalism has achieved remarkable economic development as a miracle on the Han River, but the traditional ethics inherent in the nation is declining, and the gap between the rich and the poor is deepening economically. This gap is changing into a more serious national economy problem and corporate management problem as the ladder of hierarchical movement breaks down and the economic vitality decreases in the long run. After all, it can be said that it originated from a social climate that values economic interests rather than mental values based on universal social morality. Therefore, by re-establishing the universal value of humanity in the 21st century through our traditional economic ethics and the social and economic ideas of confucianism, we will be able to find a fundamental solution to the problems facing the current Korean economy and business management. So far, Western civilization has achieved many results more than any civilization. but after the global financial crisis in 2008, scepticism about western civilization and the world economic system began to appear. The current global economic system based on Western civilization faces limitations on its own, and human civilization is also at a new crossroads. Just as civilization and systems were born from human thinking, the solution of problems will also find fundamental solutions through changes in human thinking. Therefore, I would like to find a solution to the problem from a new perspective in the traditional economic view of confucianism, especially the economic thoughts of Yulgok. The social and economic ideas of confucianism was originally created to overcome cofusion period and to open the era of world peace. The social and economic ideas is centered on political practice, which can be found in all of the disciples' thoughts. The social and economic ideas of confucianism contains the specific meaning of practical study, not the concept of purpose. The natural phenomena or social phenomena that appear was considered as a prognostic phenomenon that can cause problems. In this sense, The social and economic ideas of confucianism is a crisis management philosophy. Even in The social and economic ideas of Yulgok, 'recognizing reality correctly' means that the inherent risks are properly recognized and the risks should be managed. Therefore, The social and economic ideas of Yulgok is 'crisis-managed philosophy'. It can be said that the current chaos of spiritual values and the chaos of the world economy and the Korean economy are similar to Yulgok's historical situation. In this paper, the purpose of this study is to analyze The social and economic ideas of confucianism and to reinterpret the meanings of the economic thoughts of Yulgok from a modern point of view, to find answers to problems and solutions to the realities facing the current Korean economy and businesses.