元 干涉期 性理學의 高麗 流入과 止浦 金坵의 역할(2)

Abstract

There are two arguments about when Neo-Confucianism travelled from China to Korea; one is the early Goryeo Dynasty which falls on the Song Dynasty in China, the other the late Goryeo falling on the Yuan Dynasty by Ahn Hyang. However, it is analyzed more reasonable to understand that the Neo-Confucianism was not introduced to Korea by any specific scholar in any specific time, but travelled to Korea due to interests and efforts of many people naturally by the current of the times. Based on this premise, the topic of this paper is that it is Jipo Kim Gu who laid the foundation of introducing Neo-Confucianism to Korea. In this paper the following have been examined: when Choi Hang, who got the most power as the leader of the military regime, pushed to make the wood print version of Perfect Enlightenment Sutra, Kim Gu strongly criticized it, and this shows that Kim Gu had the strong will to abolish the old-fashioned Buddhism and revive Confucianism in Goryeo. Another evidence is that when we understand that our ancestors put their will into their names, childhood names, and pen-names, it is evident that all the names related to Kim Gu have strong will or belief to revive Confucianism. Further, what his son Kim Yeowoo did when he stayed in the Yuan Dynasty as an envoy shows the fact that his son also played a certain role to introduce Neo-Confucianism to Goryeo. Considering Kim Seung-in, the fourth son of Kim Gu, was the first Confucian scholar who founded Hyanggyo in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, it is more likely that Kim Gu and all his sons did great efforts to resurrect Confucianism and introduce of Neo-Confucianism. Based on the results, it is concluded that Kim Gu is the figure who put the cornerstone to introduce Neo-Confucianism to the Goryeo Dynasty 30 years earlier than Ahn Hyang.