신화의 유교화에 대한 고찰 − 신화 사유의 유교적 수용을 중심으로 −

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the mythological reasons inherent in Confucianism formed by the system of human culture. Through this, I would like to confirm that the mythological reasons based on the religious nature are still being reconstructed Confucian as well as maintaining its essential characteristics within Confucianism. A myth is a linguistic narrative of experience and consequent awe of something sacred. In other words, it is easy to embrace the everyday things that can be experienced in everyday life, such as a reverence for a sacred object, by describing them in informal expressions. The interface between mythology and Confucianism is how to recognize and embrace the everyday. In mythology, it is called a sacred religion, and by making everyday time and space unusual, it can always be reenacted. On the other hand, in Confucianism, one can have practicality by participating in repaying and returning the cloth and ancestors through ancestral rites. To this end, myths and Confucianism share three devices: time, space and rituals. The device of time, space and ceremony in mythology guarantees the rebirth of new life by circulating time repeatedly, cutting time through rites, and returning to the time of holy creation. At this time, it is always through the inner space. Time, space, and rite in Confucianism accept the circulatory time, participate in the return and return of the source through the rite of ancestor worship, and raise the sacredness by having sex with the city and the ceremonial space. Creation myths as true myths can be divided into the creation of the universe, the creation of national origins, and the creation of civilization. The myth of national origin in Confucianism was used as a device to guarantee the sanctity of the people's ancestors and their descendants in that the people's ancestors were born through cloth and emotion. On the other hand, the myth of cultural creation is described as an adult with the virtue of having the ability to cultivate civilization and educate and educate the people beyond the status given by the cloth, showing the tendency of human culture.