공자의 소통 이념 - 차이에 대한 존중 -

Abstract

The “spirit of the times” is probably one of the most generally mentioned terms among the public as well as the cultural, academic, and political circles in recent years. The investigator developed this paper by setting “communication” triggered in a plural society as one of the representative spirits of the times and found the various objects of communication and the principles of application in the Analects of Confucius, which is an anthology of words of Confucius and his disciples, after defining the idea of communication as “respect for difference.” In this paper, “respect for difference” was used as a synonym for “respect for autonomy,” which is a basic attitude to be positive about the values of individuals or groups. It is no exaggeration to say that the evaluation of Confucius’ scholarship in the development of East Asian history was the continuity of challenges and criticisms. It was not different during the days of Confucius himself. After so many ordeals since the events of burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive in the Qin dynasty including the rampage by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, the Analects of Confucius still demonstrates its status as a guide in culture, politics, and scholarship. It is because its content represents the universal values to which humankind is oriented. Of them, the idea of communication proposed by Confucius is one of the representative humanistic values to which humankind is oriented. The investigator presented the “harmonious but not conformable” idea of communication based on rationality and justification, introduced two directions for the practice of communication including loyalty and reciprocity, described the changing processes of the objects of communication and the principles of application along with the “historical and cultural tradition and communication” as a principle of profit and loss, and introduced communication with political power as the channel of the Jeongmyeong principle and manners and also communication with individuals based on the materials of a Gwanggyeon(狂狷) and Hyangwon(鄕愿).