洛學의 人物性同論에 대한 任聖周의 비판

Abstract

Argument of the sameness between nature of human being and things in Nak school supports all beings share five constant virtues as original nature. Five constant virtues as original nature is possible when they exclude physical nature from the standpoint of one source and penetrating pattern. Supporting Nak school in the beginning, Nokmun Lim Seungju presents his own ideas after reading Mencius' argument that what bring forth is nature at age of mid-thirties. Nokmun attacks Yulgok's theory that li is penetrating and gi is limited. He argues if li is penetrating, gi is also penetrating and if li is limited, gi is also limited. Regarding the nature, he thinks that the sameness and difference of human being and things are original nature. He establishes theory of penetrating li and limited li, criticizing Yulgok. While penetrating li is related with original nature of the sameness between human being and things, limited li is related with original nature of difference between human being and things. He thinks that argument of Nak school is futile because it only see original nature of human being and things in terms of one source without difference between them. Nokmun argues genuine nature should embody two aspects of the sameness and difference between human being and things as original nature. For this, unlike Nak school, he thinks it is necessary to discuss nature from the standpoint of diverse differentiation. By doing so, he attempts to draw an argument that original nature of the sameness and difference between human being and things reside at the same time. His argument on original nature was rejection to theory of the sameness between nature of human being and things.