『노자』 ‘수중(守中)’개념에 관한 주석사적 고찰 (2) - 한대(漢代)~남북조(南北朝)시대의 주석을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study deals with the Lao-tzu commentaries during the Han Dynasty to the Weijin Northern and Southern Dynasties as part of a study to analyze the development of the interpretation from an annotation history perspective on the meaning of the concept of “Zhong中” appearing in Laozi Chapter 5. The commentators on Lao-tzu after the Han Dynasty frequently cite the “Zhong中” thought in the Confucian scriptures, and to analyze this, Chapter II looked at the “Zhong中” concept in the ancient Confucian texts. Chapter III examines the concept of “Zhong中” in commentaries of Lao-tzu and examines how they transformed and developed the ancient concept of “Zhong中” within the ideological system of the Lao-tzu they understood. Among the concepts of “Zhong中” formed or used in ancient Confucian scriptures, the following three were mainly mobilized for the interpretation of the “Keep the Zhong守中” Lao-tzu : (1) “Zhong中” means "center" and "not biased to either side." (2) “Zhong中”, as a part of “Zhong-He中和” (3) “Zhong中” means 'inside and inner', and 'Xu虛' related to it. These three aspects of “Zhong中” are interrelated, and have been transformed into various meanings according to their ideological horizons and logic of interpretation. From the perspective of political philosophy, Yan,Junping嚴君平 describes inaction politics[無爲政治] that combines Confucianism and Taoism's political philosophy by combining (1) and (3). Hsiangong河上公 combined (2) and (3), but the contents were interpreted in the sense of the theory of curing精氣養生論 based on the principles Qi氣論 of the time. In the case of the Laozi-xiangerzhu老子想爾注, which emphasizes the need to keep the Tao's teaching[道誡] by personifying Tao, it is interpreted as (2), and it is a context that religious salvation can be obtained by keeping the Tao's teaching, 'Zhong-He中和'. Wangbi王弼 primarily understood “Zhong中” as (3), which meant the ideal state or state of mind of the saint as the direction of self-cultivation.