장지연 유학사상에 나타난 전통과 근대의 연속과 단절

Abstract

In this paper, I focused on the change of Jang Ji-yeon’s confucian thoughts according to the changing circumstances in the upheaval period, not to the standard of pro-Japanese or patriotism. To this end, I first dealt with the research trends of his thoughts and their problems, which were studied from the perspective of pro-Japanese or patriotism. During the period of Patriotic Enlightenment, he sought to establish a nation by discovering traditional ideas in the political and economic aspects. On the other hand, during the Japanese colonial rule, he focused on passing the traditional culture of the nation on to the next generation, paying attention to the person who would pass it on and the efforts theory of Confucianism. This is a summary of Yi Hwang and Ki Dae-seung's four-seven debate in 『The Origin of Joseon Confucianism』, which was written during the Japanese colonial period, by citing Yi Yiik’s writings and summarizing that Ki Dae-seung accepted Lee Hwang’s theory of two-sided release from the viewpoint of the efforts. It is also summarized that the tradition can be passed on to the next generation by the philosopher. Therefore, 『The Origin of Joseon Confucianism』 emphasized the original study of Confucianism by focusing on the personality who would succeed to it, rather than the Confucian economic scholar. It can be said that, considering the debates which was developed during the period of Yi Hwang and Yi Yi and the following ones by criticizing the latter, and his strong criticism of the sectarianism of the contemporary Buddhism and Confucianism, he focused on the human being who would continue the path. In the context of this upheaval period in which he wrote about traditional thought to the end of his life, it can be seen that the self-appointing Confucian consciousness which was concerned about the times tried to lead them.