漢代 讖緯說의 형성과 그 사회·정치적 함의

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore the process of forming the confucian mysticism(Chèn-wěi shuō) in the Han dynasty and its social and political implications. And it's to find the end of the West-Han dynasty's personality and characteristics of Chèn. The main reason for this research is that we haven't even figured out properly the origin of the confucian mysticism which is one of the most outstanding features of Han dynasty's academic achievements. The results of the study can be summarized in two ways: First, we discovered that the concept of chèn had a nature of fúyīng and prophecy and traced its origins. Thus, in the case of fúyīng, namely shòu-mìng-zhī-fú(受命之符) could trace their origins back. That is because the scriptures and jīnwén(金文) prove it. And in the case of prophecy from the source, we could see that it started at the end of the west Zhōu dynasty, and then through ZhàoChèn(趙讖) and QínChèn(秦讖) etc, I could see it flourishing at the end of the west Han dynasty. The second is the combination of Chèn and Wěi(緯) and subsequent development. I saw that Chèn and Wěi were combined according to the political needs of the end of the west Han dynasty. For the sake of authority, all the predictions needed the help of Wěishū(緯書), which had already been given authority at that time. And the end of the west Han dynasty is because the legitimacy of Liú-Han regime has been weakened by various social and political problems, and due to the wrong politics of the Emperor and the series of disasters. Therefore, it was necessary to help of Chènwěi not only within the administration but also outside. That is because it is vital for their political survival. If they secure the legitimacy of the regime, they will live, but if they fail, they will fail. In the end, Wáng Mǎng(王莽) and Liú Xiù(劉秀) who took advantage of it, achieved a splendid feat of winning power. But what we shouldn't ignore is that the case of the end of the West-Han dynasty's Chèn after the combination of a Chèn and a wěi was, unlike its earlier unprocessed symbol, artificial and specific in itself, even blatantly articulating the object and purpose of the Chèn-yán. /What is important to them is to ensure the legitimacy of their overthrow of the government, not to mention the nature of their travesty. Because What was important to them was not in the nature(Symbolism and Artificiality and Specificity Concreteness etc) of the Chèn-yán, but in ensure the legitimacy of their overthrow of the government. Perhaps the reason why they were able to do like this is because they longed for a new person and politics in the hearts of the people when they were living a painful life.