입암 민제인의 도학과 사상적 함의

Abstract

This thesis is a study on moral philosophy and ideological implications of Ibam Min jein. Ibam was a “Confucian scholar bureaucrat” who lived as a high-quality bureaucrat in the period of the upheaval period along with his lifelong academic activities. He showed moral philosophy and Confucian spirit of moderation in Korean intelligence history. The basic position of Ibam moral philosophy was based on xianqinruxue 先秦儒學(pre-Qin Confucianism), and he made a meaningful argument with the spirit of Jizi 箕子’s supreme fairness and impartiality and the spirit of Confucius’s humanity, putting the hongfan 洪範 of shujing 書經 at the core of zhidao 治道(governing principles). In addition, he made psychology a priority and recommended weijizhixue 爲己之學(study to cultivate one’s personality), and emphasized that the foundation of the country should be established based on two letters of bienveillance and frugality in a way that boosts morale and cultivates and reflects. In particular, he thought that inner self-discipline and practice were more important than theoretically exploring Neo-Confucianism, focusing on pre-Qin Confucianism such as zhongyong 中庸, daxue 大學, lunyu 論語, and mengzi 孟子. The character and moral philosophy spirit of Ibam, in which the mind and spirit were harmonized, were sublimated into human life. In other words, starting from filial piety toward parents, it developed into friendship for children and salvation for the tribe, and further expanded to save people and benefit all things, and has a character that is united with the truthless practicality of the universe. His humanitarian character and learning viewed the people as the subject of political action, and it can be said that the Benevolent government of Confucianism appeared as a politics that “pleases and cares about with the people.” Considering the respect and memory for Jo Gwangjo of Ibam, the denial of the disloyal subject with power, the claim of punishment and the raising of political arguments as a cause, the upright loyalty and Confucian spirit based on his moral philosophy are well revealed. As such, the ideological implications of Ibam’s moral philosophy and learning and virtue still deserve to be highly valued today.