김윤식의 동도서기론과 개화론

Abstract

Our academia early has noticed the thoughts of Unyang(雲養) Kim Yunsik; the theory of Eastern moral and western material and the theory of enlightenment. The reason isn't only because he had a wide range of activities and he wrote many important documents but also because he tried to achieve the enlightenment in keeping with the spiritual values of Confucianism. Traditionally, in terms of the theory of moral and material unity It is impossible to combine Eastern moral and Western material like Kim Yunsik. Because Eastern moral and Western material are heterogeneous with each other, the combination produces a logical contradiction. This article is investigated his reasoning which combined Eastern moral and Western material and how he resolved the contradiction. Also His theory of Eastern moral and western material is ambiguous with his theory of enlightenment. The enlightenment in that time meant to work for current affairs. But in current affairs we can't separate Eastern moral and western material. Then Kim Yunsik refined how have been logical to think this problem? This study is investigated Eastern moral, western material, enlightenment and current affairs with a focus on the problem.