주자학의 효 개념 분석

Abstract

Filial Piety of Confucius and Mencius is upgraded not only to ethical ought but also to the metaphysical principle. For Filial Piety is relevant to the fundamental principle of all things. The problem arises from simultaneously claiming the universality of being the fundamental principle of all things while at the same time having the speciality to love discerningly. In simple terms, it seems that love should not be discriminatory on a universal principle. However, Motzu’s General Love is strongly criticized as the faterlessness in the level of Confucianism. It is natural(所當然) for offspring to discriminate between their parents and the parents of others in a different way, and the reason(所以然) for that is the principle that must be so. In a sense it does not seem to be yet clarified whether discriminatory love can be a principle in itself. The primary purpose is to identify how Filial Piety is the Being and the Oughtness in the zhuxixue(朱子學). it is to examine how Filial Piety is Li(principle) by itself. it is to analyze whether Filial Piety is both Li(principle) and a discriminative meaning. On the one hand, this indirectly play a role in revealing the biologically identifying the aspects of parental and child relations in a sense and distinguishing them from LiYi(理一) as a Li(principle) dimension.