栗谷 李珥의 死生觀에 관한 연구

Abstract

Today the problem of death appeals one of the most important issue in Korea. Korea is first in international suicide statistics, the average length of life is more than 80 year. The research on the traditional view of death and life in Korea is urgently required to establish the proper mental attitude about death and life. In this sense I will do a paper on Yul-Gok's thought about death and life, who was one of the most important scholar in Chosun Dynasty. His thoughts had strong influence on the Korean's view of death and life. He remained several good schemes for death and life, phantom, Taoist hermit, pray, medicine. We can see the Confucian thoughts about death and life of Chosun Dynasty as well as the critical view on the Buddhism and Taoism. Yul-Gok's thoughts about death and life gives us the reasonable way to think about death and life, though it is not the fantasy, eternal life in Heaven.