漢代 卦氣論의 易學的 성격과 그 세계관 ─ 科學的 信念의 본령을 중심으로 ─

Abstract

The essay is focused upon explicating a variation of science and belief implied in the doctrine of Guo-qi. It is expressed as scientification of belief and believation of science from the perspective of modernization of changeology. The appearance of Guo-qi doctrine is to reflect the consciousness of human society with the development of astronomical calendar. Guo-qi doctrine is to theorize the subdivisions of the seasons through the increasing and decreasing of yin and yang in Commentaries on the Book of Changes. It is the result of closely associating a historical view of human development with the art of number. It established a theoretical basis for the doctrine of Great Nature calamity according to a mutual response of the heavenly and the humane, and connected it with the government of virtuous ruler or the destiny of country. It is an issue of belief as the subjective ability of human beings. In the negative respect, human ability and a historical development result in a time of destiny, while, in the positive respect, they result in having an effort to ascertain human lives and its law of rational management. Thus, it is consequent that it has a necessary relationship of human belief and scientific thought, although it has a mystical aspect of superstition.