17세기 박세당의 유불회통적 불교관

Abstract

Park Sedang's perspective on Buddhism / Heejae Lee The viewpoint of Park Sedang's Buddhism is not prayer for happiness, but one can only find an abstruse principle of Zen Buddhism through his fragmentary writings, and these are accorded with his sequestered life. He accepted the theory of karma in Buddhism naturally, treated Buddha's nature as a human nature in Confucianism, and understood Zen as a transcendental attitude about combative dualism. He did not understand the equal value between human and animal in the story of Buddha offering his body to a hungry tiger. This point means he could not accept the theory of samsara in Buddhism. He understands the concept of empiness in Zen buddhism but he did not practice the Zen in his life. He studied Buddhism freely and contributed to Buddhist events. But we could not find another Mahayana Buddhism. His theory of Buddism was limited to only the theory of Zen Buddhism. The meaning of Park Sedang's perspective on Buddhism was to suggest a new paradigm of free thought while his generation could not produce a new value system. His philosophy was anchored from his honesty and sweeping personality. His era lost the communication between Confucianism and other schools of philosophy. Then, Confucianism became more and more inclined to dogmatism. He succeeded to the harmonious philosophy of Kim Sisub's, and he had no prejudice for Buddhist monks. He had the confidence that tolerance and communication were not just Confucian ideas. He hopes to return to original Confucian attitude without the dogmatism. He offered and supported the Buddhist events positively, and exchanged poet with the Buddhist monks, and through his tolerant attitude, he helped to spur practical learning. Park Sedang's philosophy was the foundation to the philosophies belonging to Jung Yakyong and Kim Junghee in the 18th century.