『서경』에 나타난 ‘중’ 관념과 사상적 함의

Abstract

This paper is a study on the ‘middle’ idea and ideological implications shown in 『Shujing(書經)』. 『Shujing(書經)』 becomes a representative biography (典據) that specifically shows the political and ideological case of the ‘middle’ idea, which is the political ideology of Confucianism. The idea of ‘middle’ has a political character and meaning by being implied in the political ideal of governing the world and the country or in the problem of governing behavior. First of all, the idea of ‘middle’ as a delivery of mind between Yo, Soon, and Woo clearly reflects the ideology of chido(治道), which can be understood as a standard for moral judgment and political action. ‘Middle’ is the extreme standard of the earth and has become the ideology of the way and method of governing humans and the world. In particular, Soon made it possible to realize the morality of moderation, ‘straight but gentle, generous and strict, firm but not fierce, concise but not arrogant.’ In addition, the ‘Daewoomo’ section also inherits the status of emperor as the center, and furthermore, it is possible to find a process in which the "medium" theory is formed in applying the logic appropriate to the mean(中庸). And Koyomo (皐陶謨), Soon's servant, emphasized that the good government(善政) of the people, like the fourth virtue of 「Soonjeon (舜典)」, should be governed as the mean's the ninth virtue. In particular, the view of ‘middle’ of Hwanggeuk (皇極), the core of HongBeom-gujoo's principle, is the political ideal of the politician, It is the political ideal of the royal road that the king will protect and practice to rule the country, that is, it is a straight and correct law without bias on one side. In addition, in 『Shujing(書經)』, the idea of ‘middle’ is embedded as a major character that a political leader must have, since then, it has emerged as a core value of human moral notions or moral discipline and behavior in the Confucian scriptures. In 『Shujing(書經)』, the idea of political mean was developed and developed based on ‘middle’ as the basis and an ever-present nature as a virtue inherent in humans. At this time, ‘middle’ means that there is no partiality or bias, and it becomes the inner moral law given to people as the absoluteness of emperor . This is understood as a script of the world, which means human society, and as a human subjective nature that follows the contents of the heaven’s will. Here, we can find the ideological implications of the idea of ‘middle’ contained in 『Shujing(書經)』.