性理學의 胎動과 正體性에 대한 一考察

Abstract

Neo-Confucianism is a form of Confucianism that was primarily developed during the Song Dynasty. The most important of early Neo-Confucianists was the Chinese thinker ZhuXi(朱熹1130–1200). He has unites the thoughts of ZhouDuanyi(周敦頤), ZhangZai(張載), ChengHao(程顥), ChengYi(程頤) and The Neo-Confucianism did achieving a synthesis. And it is well known that Confucism in Song dynasty has deeply related with Buddhism. This point revealed in ‘ZhuXi’s many comments on that matter. Buddhist thought offered to them many things that they considered worthy of admiration, including ideas such as the nature of the soul and the relation of the individual to the cosmos, ideas not yet fully explored by Confucianism. Song Confucians drew greatly from Buddhist thought as well as their own traditions, thus giving rise to the English-language name of "Neo-Confucianism". Like this Buddhist thought soon attracted him, and he began to argue in Confucian style for the Buddhist observance of high moral standards. While Neo-Confucianism incorporated Buddhist ideas, many Neo-Confucianists strongly oppose Buddhism. Indeed, they rejected the Buddhist religions. So that The research purpose of this treatise is searching the identity of Neo-Confucianism and relation of Buddhism. And is going to search the problem of criticism about Buddhism furthermore.