의암 유인석의 심설과 의리실천

Abstract

Yu In-seok(1842-1915) is widely known as an anti-Japanese activist, but he is actually a scholar who has left many writings behind. Until the end of his life, he went through both academic and anti-Japanese struggles. His writings are comprehensively marked with criticism of the times and his view of civilization, and his theory has the character of a theoretical struggle that establishes the goal and direction of his armed struggle. His academic subject was always in "How can the mind be the master of a body?" He explored how the mind as a moral entity could always preside over a good and upright body. Various discussions and criticisms will be possible on the theory of Yu In-seok, but it is worth noting that the ideal civilization he aims at saving lives, making people human, and aiming for equality and peace of wealth. Yu In-seok believed that the root cause of the great turmoil of the time came from the "lack of humanity." Morality is not a hindrance to the cultivation of abilities, but rather a moral one, and it is a true one. Yu In-seok emphasized the establishment and activity of mind subjects that were not subject to 氣's interference. He moved to the Maritime Province of Siberia and Manchuria to unite anti-Japanese forces and prepare for an armed struggle, but he lived his life in the dark after the annexation of Korea was declared. Nevertheless, he declared, 'To be the core,' in other words, Li remains as it is. It is that although a moral civilization may have lost its light for a moment by an inexhaustible force, its truthfulness is not undermined. Rather it exists distinctly like a lighthouse that can weather the dark reality.