성호학파와 양명학의 접점

Abstract

Studies on Learning of Yangming of the Seongho School have been steadily carried out, but the critical point is to criticize the Neo-Confucianism but not enthusiastically believe in the Learning of Yangming. Therefore, in the outcome of important studies, there are a number of cases that demonstrate the traces of accommodating Learning of Yangming with the Seongho School leading the way, but there are extreme few data displaying such cases that it has been pointed out that the discovery of such data is even more necessary. This article is to review if there is any point to correspond to the Learning of Yangming within the internal atmosphere of the Seongho School rather than unreasonably finding out the directly linked ring of the Seongho School and Learning of Yangming by looking straight at such a critical mind. In details, by making detailed analysis on whether the direction of thinking to process the discussion from the Confucian anti-heresy discourses or Simsingwan (Mind and Body Perspective) related discussions to be able to correspond with the opinion of the Learning of Yangming in a way of seeking for possibility of Seongho School to accommodate the Learning of Yangming. As a result, it points out that there is a possibility to secure the logical bridge and atmosphere within the academic sector for the Seongho School to accommodate Learning of Yangming around the Confucian anti-heresy discourses, and it also confirmed the possibility to have the relativity with the assertion of Yangming that emphasized to take all objects of the world in one ‘body’ through the unified understanding of mind and body as most dramatically submitted by Jeongsan Lee Byung-hue. Yangming also seemed not to give up on fundamental contemplation on the world of reasoning. However, he established the logic of Ji-Haeng-Hap-Il (knowledge and action in unified way) not the global recognition of Seon-Ji-Hu-Haeng (knowledge first and action later) that emphasizes the distinction of more convenience. This type of logic has further possibility to uniformly understand the system of convenience, and as a result, it may be pointed out as a speech of a ‘body’ in the more progressive implication than Zhu Xi when all things on earth can be taken in a body. The unified understanding on mind and body of the Seongho School has a room to find the connection point with the world recognition of Learning of Yangming in such an aspect. Mind and body cannot be separated in the self-discipline of individual, and in this point, the Seongho School and Learning of Yangming open up the possibility of mutual communication.