남당 한원진의 양명학 비판론 연구

Abstract

This study illuminates the issues between ZHU Xi 朱熹 School of Neo-Confucianism and WANG Yangming 王陽明 School of Neo-Confucianism by reviewing Han Wonjin’s criticism of WANG Yangming’s philosophy. According to prior studies, since YI Hwang criticized WANG Yangming’s philosophy, the criticism on Yangming’s philosophy by Joseon Neo-Confucianists mainly followed YI Hwang’s logic. In additoin, the prior studies evaluated that the logic was unfair because it already strongly presupposed ZHU Xi’s view. Some studies on Han Wonjin’s criticism of Yangming’s philosophy concluded that Han’s criticism was also one of the typical types of criticism of Neo-Confucianists in Joseon. These studies focused on Han Wonjin’s criticism of the claims such as “mind-heart is principle”, “to realize bright wisdom”, and “Knowledge and practice are united as one”. On the contrary, this study focuses on another aspects of his criticism. They are chiefly related to how to understand role and significance of accumulated moral knowledge in long Confucian tradition. Through this approach, this paper plans to show that an critical issue between ZHU xi’s philosophy and WANG Yangming’s philosophy is how to understand the importance of the moral knowledge in the process of moral cultivation. In conclusion, Han Wonjin believed that universal and objective standard of value in the community must be protected based on Confucian tradition and the knowledge. He also claims that knowledge gained through the investigation of things 格物 is essential for the pursuit of common good. ZHU Xi’s theory of mind-heart and investigation of things reflects a belief that the such knowledge is inherently consistent with human morality.