渼湖 金元行의 性理說 硏究 - 18세기 중반 洛論의 심성론에 유의하여

Abstract

This paper is to analyze Miho Kim Wonhaeng’s idea of nature and principle in the light of main issues of Horak Debate. So far, most of scholars did not pay attention to his idea of nature and principle too much while his significance and influence to the history of idea are magnificent in the midst of 18th century. Since the era of setting up a regional opposition between Ho-ron and Nak-ron, however, he led fundamental discourses of Nak faction, but also formed main stream of Kiho Nak School by consistently teaching students. Thus, the review of his idea of nature and principle is necessary in order to figure out genealogical landscape of Horak controversy and its later discourses. First, I examine his idea of nature and principle in terms of the Korean history of ideas by focusing on academic trend of Nak School at the mid-18th century. Based up on this, I investigate the meaning of his idea and influence by analyzing his stance to such key issues on Horak Controversy as Nature, Heart-Mind, and Illuminous Virtue etc. Kim basically gives shape to his ideas of Heart-Mind and Nature based on li-qi in the light of obtaining possibilities of moral practices and realities of moral principles. By paying attention to naturalness of li-qi in understanding Heart-Mind and Nature in terms of the theory of li-qi, Kim tries to establish reality and naturalness of Nature and Heart-Mind. Through this, he wants to guarantee possibilities of realizing goodness. Especially, what we have to look at his idea of nature and principle is ghost(gui-shen) as naturalness of qi in the context of emphasizing the distinction between the temperamental and the mental energy. This is to strengthen the presidential aspect of Heart-Mind for establishing the theoretical possibility of moral practices.