이병헌(李炳憲)의 금문경학적 『역경(易經)』 이해- 태괘(泰卦)와 비괘(否卦)를 중심으로 -

Abstract

Jinam 眞庵 Lee Byung-hun 李炳憲(1870~1940) was a Confucian scholar during Japanese Ruling Era and he had a academic characteristic to interpreted the Confucian classics based on New Text Confucian. He left behind his studies on Yijing, Shijing 詩經, Shujing 書經, Lijing 禮經, and etc. Especially in his later years, he devoted himself to studying the Yijing. This paper explores the features and meanings of Lee Byung-hun’s research on the Yijing, which is based on New Text classics. To do this, this paper focuses on his Yijing-related works, the Yeokgyeong Geummungo 易經今文考 and the Suhwa Gaebyeokseol 水火開闢說 and explores relevant contests shown in the Complete Collection of Lee Byung-hun 李炳憲全集. This paper particularly analyses the meaning of Tai 泰卦 and Pi Hexagrams 否卦 in the “Shangjing 上經”’s Hexagram sequences based on the basic premise of Lee Byung-hun that the Yijing contains Confucius’ great principles in subtle words (微言大義). Futhermore, this paper explores his discuss on from the age of Tai Hexagram, which is represented by the Yu 禹’s controlling waters, to the age of Pi Hexagram, which means the ear Lee Byung-hun lived. From this, we can understands how Lee Byung-hun recognized society, history, and world by using the frame of Confucian classics, especially Yijing, as one of the Korean Confucian scholars who lived during Japanese Ruling Era.