왕충의 귀신론 사상에 대한 연구

Abstract

Wang Chong's theory of ghosts was established on the theoretical basis of the theory of nature in Tiando and the theory of Yuanqi. Wang Chong's theory of ghosts was a perfect form of thought. Wang Chong tried to improve the extravagant funeral customs prevalent in the world at the time. So he argued that people do not turn into ghosts even after death, and that they cannot harm others because they have no sense. Through this argument, Wang Chong denied that people at the time said that the spirit of the dead would return and retaliate. He also reminded them not to be afraid of not being able to provide clothing or food for their deceased family members. In his writings, Wang Chong tried to logically prove the fact that people do not turn into ghosts even after death, and cannot harm others because they have no senses, using numerous analogies and inferences in his writings. In this way, Wang Chong refuted and denied the claim of the people at the time that the existence of ghosts and that people become ghosts after death, with very elaborate and orderly logic and analogies. Wang Chong's position is related to his world view. In other words, based on the primordial world view, he said that after a person dies, the Jingqi(精氣) is dispersed and returned to the energies of the natural world. That is why the spirit of a dead person does not exist. Therefore, it can be said that the existing argument that a person becomes a ghost after death is fundamentally demolished.