매산梅山 홍직필洪直弼의 성리설性理說 연구

Abstract

Hong Jik-pil is a representative scholar leading the Nak group of Kiho region from the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. Unlike Oh Huisang, another scholar of the Nak group, he as an established scholar plays a crucial role in not only academia, but also politics. Despite of his academic achievements, we did not pay attention to his theories and arguments so far. Hong has had a consistent stance on main topics of Horak controversy with his theories of Mind. Especially, he opens full scale debates on li-qiof Mind, which is one of the core issues since the mid nineteenth century, by discussing on an Illuminated Virtue and the substance of Mind being raised yet. In this vein, the examination of his theory of the Nature and Principle is to prove his successive stance on the Nak group of Kiho region in Horak controversy. Furthermore, it is to investigate Kiho group’s academic interests and pursuits throughout the nineteenth century. By being aware of changes of Horak controversy in early nineteenth century, I will examine Hong’s learning and its development and, especially, analyze his theory of Mind-Nature. I will prove that his theory of the nature and principle is to identify the genuine goodness of Mind via the qi-frame of Root and Branch. Finally, I will hold that his theory is mainly focusing on framing the structure and basis of cultivation.