論語에 나타난 孔子의 직업관 고찰

Abstract

Korean people do not put the emphasis on their own jobs even though they think that the work is generally important in life. Some thoughts influenced the formation of this kind of occupational view. They were Human Capitalism that was a background theory of high-speed economic growth, Pariakapitalismus attached to possession and educational thought based upon American Pragmatism that strongly influenced school curriculums. The aim of this paper is to grope for right directivity of vocational education by means of examining Confucius’ occupational view in the Analects of Confucius, the core worth of the Orient, against the serious situation of vocational education in Korea strongly shaken by the worth of the West. Words of Confucius were analyzed by separate fields of vocational education such as vocational philosophy, direction, goal, principle and process of vocational education, vocational ethics, human relations and so forth. It is certain that Korean people will surely consider the work important in life and put the emphasis on their own jobs if they can internalize the philosophy and principles of vocational education appeared in the Analects of Confucius.