성리학적 ‘예禮’담론의 이론적 구도

Abstract

This study tried to investigate the reason for why Neo-Confucianism discourse on the Ye(禮) in the theoretical composition. Neo- Confucianism deems Ye was raising due to the gap that was caused between law of nature(天理) and human affairs(人事) were not coordinated. In other words, the ethical oughtness that human affairs ought to accord with law of nature and ontological problem that human was be united accord with nature very seldom lead to conflict, Ye was raised to solve this problem. The basic cause that human affairs were not coordinate law of nature is disturbing fact as exemplified by tendency and desire. It needs a course of stoicism(克己) to remove this disturbing fact. But there should be a proper criterion in this stoicism, that is Ye. It functions as a solution which helps between law of nature and human affairs remain unclogged. Neo-Confucianism suggested that, people were inured to Ye since who was young, as a basilic part of study. Because people ought to be trained to act in Ye as a manual of life, for implementing whose human nature in the life. However it is needed also the real knowledge(眞知) about Ye, because it has limit to blind inurement. It is suggested to dig deep into the principle(窮理) as a approach of study to acquire the real knowledge about Ye.