五倫과 三綱의 전개과정을 통해서 본 유가정치사상의 역사적 성격

Abstract

There have been various attempts to overcome the viewpoint with which to see Confucianism, a traditional thought in East Asia, in a negative way. Nevertheless, it is more or less common to understand that Confucianism is an authoritative, hierarchical and unequal thought. It is the idea of 'Samgang(Three Bonds)-Oryun(Five Interpersonal Relations) ' that makes it to be understood in that way. This paper intends to explore the nature of the idea of 'Samgang-Oryun', the combination, overturn and deconstruction of the two ideas, with reference to the history of the change of Confucian political thought. That is, the main purpose of this paper is to show that the idea of 'Samgang-Oryun' originated from two different ideas of ethic, 'Oryun' and 'Samgang', but they were combined and entangled by real politics. To this end, in Chapter 1, I explain why the study of the ideas of 'Samgang', 'Oryun' and 'Samgang and Oryun' is necessary. Analyzing the conceptual meanings of 'Samgang' and 'Oryun' and the process of their emergence, Chapter 2 elucidates that while the former presumes the equal and reciprocal ethic, the latter assumes the hierarchical and one-sided ethic. Chapter 3 explains how 'Oryun' was subverted by 'Samgang' through Confucianism in the ages of Han and Song, and Chosun Confucians's idea of 'Samgang'. Chapter 4 explores that through 'Shilhak's(Positive School's) thought, which was the product of a reflection upon 'neo-Confucianism‘, it was suggested that Confucianism should be focused on 'Oryun', not on 'Samgang'. In conclusion, Chapter 5, I argue that 'Confucianism centering on 'Oryun'' should be reinterpreted and reestablished not as just a past idea, but as the idea with which to supplement the deficiency of modern democracy.