효자전, 경전과 관행의 사이

Abstract

The filial piety can be divided into two main categories. One is filial piety based on the scriptures, and the other is filial piety based on practice. Scriptural filial piety is a product of education, and conventional filial piety is an oral product. Both of these have opposite sides. The filial piety of the scriptures is based on reason, whereas the filial piety of the practice is based on emotion. The scriptures oppose bodily harm, but the practice also admits bodily harm. In practice, the body was damaged in order to cure the parents’ illness. This is an act that the Xiaojing(孝經) or scriptures did not tolerate. In the scriptures, even excessive rituals were opposed because they were damaging to the body. However, there were many cases in which the body was damaged by overcompensating the customs. From the standpoint of scriptural filial piety, conventional filial piety has become rather not filial piety. I looked for such an example in the Annals of the Joseon(朝鮮) Dynasty. tried to find the basis for the statistics of filial piety in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty. First of all, filial piety awards were the most common during the days of King Sejong(世宗). The next was King Danjong(端宗), who had a short reign. The surprising fact is that the method of filial piety in the days of King Sejong was dependent on a lot. Specifically, from the time of King Sejong, the customary efficacies increased a lot. In the scriptural filial piety, there has been an increase in the number of customary filial piety that damaged the body. The Sangangxingshitu(三綱行實圖) had a great influence on this. This is because the filial piety recorded on the Sangangxingshitu included a lot of conventional filial piety. The sacrificial filial piety is not when the strong (younger) protect the weak (elderly), but when the weak protect the strong. It is interesting to note that this phenomenon happened during the time of King Sejong, who emphasized filial piety. This is covered in this paper.