유가적 몸과 관계적 자아 - 경(敬)의 ‘거리두기’(Distancing)의 관계성을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In this article, I discussed the concepts of Confucian body and its relational self as well. In chapter 1, I called again the original Confucian meaning in relation to the process of individual self to social self. In chapter 2, a various discussion were presented for such Confucian self and body. For the chapter 3 I proposed the unique feature of multi-layered structure of one’s body in the process of transformation of closed body to the open body, and then explained the functional and social characteristics of the relational self in which the typical neo-Confucian concept Kyung(敬; Jing in Chinese) was newly interpreted. In chapter 4, the concept of filial piety would be reviewed as a meaningful example through the above discussion of Confucian body and relational self. Although all my arguments of the proposal of the family are relatively important, I mainly attempted to construct the Confucian base. To do it I collected different views for the Confucian self and focused the concepts of In(仁; Ren in Chinese) and Seo(恕; shu in Chinese) which could be functioned in the process of the Confucian relational self. Then I drew the Kyung(敬) in the view of ‘distancing’ and re-interpreted the relational nature of In and Seo. Especially I disclosed the Confucian arguments of body in relation to the Confucian self.