儒敎에서 敎의 맥락과 詩敎의 이해 -공자의 詩敎를 중심으로-

Abstract

This writing brings light on the educational importance of Oriental poetry through the poetry edification of Confucius. To discuss the poetry edification, the literal meaning of teaching is looked into and this takes an image of a teacher beckoning and pressing a student who are already in contact with the world to study about the objects of the world. Based on such literal property, the education in Confucianism never get out of the world of daily life. The core content of education here is Six Classics. The Book of Songs which is the main contents of the poetry edification contains the Six Classics most connotative and figurative ways. The poetry edification represents the mind of human and it is a work of facing and realizing the contents condensed in poetries regarding all the matters relating to the worlds of space, nature, and human. Through the lyrics recording the thoughts and emotions of humans, the space and nature are recognized and the world of life is identified to dream a beautiful world. Confucius admired the spirit of poetry edification in two aspects from The Book of Songs. The one aspect is about self-understanding and individual education of humans, and another aspect is the community education through social recognition and political application. In terms of a human’s self-understanding, the poetry edification is an enlightenment focused on the self-discipline through respect. But the poetry edification does not stop in resolving personal problems like self-control. It attempts to recover righteous relationship to restore the soundness of regulations, institutions, systems, etc. which are applicable to the people all over the world beyond individual. The usefulness of poetry that Confucius emphasizes are very extensive to the extent to include the person’s ethical cultivation, social morality, political diplomacy activities, and acquiring knowledge. The main focus is in the ethical edification of individual and society. Accordingly, the poetry edification is characterized as human education and social education. It is an interdisciplinary integrated education and also a form of education that can realize the education aesthetics.