退溪 讀書法에 나타난 仁說

Abstract

After Gongja brought forward Inseol, some Confucian scholars set forth Inseol. Maengja placed Gongja's Inseol on a firm base in a level of theory of human nature. Jeongho, Jeongyi, Jangjae enlarged Gongja's Inseol in a level of cosmology. Juja arranged Gongja's Inseol systemically and upgraded it to metaphysical stage. Toegye accepted these Confucian scholars' Inseol in reading method and established an original Inseol, that is, Simnyeoliil(心與理一). Simnyeoiil means that Li of Sim and Li of all things are one. When he established the Inseol of Simnyeoliil, he did not entirely depend on Juja's point of view. Though he borrowed a large frame from Juja's point of view, he differed with Juja's on detailed issues or contents. He was not a follower of Juja, which was clear in that he adjusted Juja's Inseol to the circumstances of Chosun. The motivation of his setting forth an original Inseol is rooted in Uirihak. A recognition that if a scholarship does not diagnose and see through human and actual situations, the scholarship is useless, produced Uirihak, which eventually leads to non-follower of Juja and further follower of Uirihak.