한말 양명학의 전개와 연구현황

Abstract

The state of the age was confronted with a national crisis, aggression from the Western imperialists, in the latter period (the 19th century off and on) of the Chosun dynasty. Politics wandered standing at the crossroads, national isolation and civilization, in those days. Scholars intended to overcome the national crisis laying stress on national subjectivity, independent civilization or enlightening standpoint as time goes by. Lee, Geon-chang insisted on national subjectivity. He took over the Gangwha school and preferred conservatism as political trend was divided into two parts, conservatism and progressivism after the Gangwhado incident. Park, Eun-sik altered his standpoint as he accommodated the Western material civilization persisting in national subjectivity. Jeong, In-bo intended to call national consciousness going down, founded on the Yang-ming Philosophy. He thought it would be available for people to open their eyes to the national consciousness thoroughout the Yang-ming Philosophy as the doctrines had a subjectivity logic which might be able to contribute to liquidate the past and develop the national spirit. However, making researches in the doctrines at the end of the Chosun dynasty is still insufficient. It would be required to bring some matters to a settlement to systematize the doctrines in Korea. First, it is required to search for such scholars who admitted the doctrines during the Chosun dynasty. Second, it should be sublated to make a special study of some scholars who studied the doctrines and the research should be made a steady progress in general, not to concentrate upon a few major scholars. Third, there should be a consequence which makes people understand the entire doctrines in Korea.