명대 中和寂感論과의 비교를 통해 본 조선시대 四端七情論의 특징

Abstract

The argument on the theory of equilibrium in the meditation and harmorny in the practice, which is also explained relation between not-yet actualized consciousness(weifa;未發) and already actualized consciousness (yifa;已發), plays an important role in Song-Ming thought history. Zhuxi schematized weifa and yifa as the theory of mind's consolidating and governing human nature and the emotions, which is related to an investigation of principle of objects. And the good and bad should be determined whether actualized emotions would be regulated by community's normal criterion or not. However, Wang Shouren criticized Zhuxi's investigation theory which is founded on formalistic ethics and strongly united mind, nature and emotion as innate knowledge. And he emphasized on self awakening about innate knowledge and expanding it. Taking a broad view of Song-Ming thought history, Zhuxi learning's on regulation of emotion by normal criterion had been transformed into Yangming learning's expansion of emotion by moral self awakening. Although Chosun neo confucian's Four-Seven Debate is based on Zhuxi learning's system, its core issue is whether expansible four beginnings should be different from regulative seven emotion or not. As result, this article is focused on researching character of Four-Seven Debate, compared with transforming Zhuxi learning's regulation into Yangming learning's expansion of emotion.