조선 후기 맹자학 연구를 위한 시론

Abstract

In the study of Confucian classics, review on viewpoint and study method is an important element in examining performance of study submitted as a result. Conversion of viewpoint and study method provides viewpoints for newly evaluating the performance of study of Confucian classics submitted up to now as well as logics that can convert the study trend after now. This thesis will raise the problems of several new study methods as well as conversion of study viewpoint in order to explore study of Confucian classics in Joseon, specifically, methodology of Mencius Doctrine at late Joseon. It aims to recognize the concern of Joseon scholars through numerical values of data, and to identify the discriminate feature of Mencius Doctrine at Joseon,East Asia through introspective approach of core subjects of “Mencius”. It is an attempt to renew traditional study methods of study of Confucian classics, captured through understanding and inheritance of the doctrines of Chu-tzu, from the field of Mencius Doctrine. Attempts are made from 2 aspects specifically. While analysis on annotation distribution, which tries to examine the trend of concerns objectively by examining the literature to see which chapters and verses Joseon scholars annotates by reading “Mencius” text, is the statistical approach for text, the attempt to review difference of opinions on core theme of “Mencius” text by discovering “Learn to become a saint(聖人可學論)” and “Problem of Lord and Vassal Relationship(君臣關係論)” is the introspective review on theme. Such exploration of study method is expected to switch the percentage of description and viewpoint of existing studies which focused on comparison with opinions of Chu-tzu by examining the opinions of Joseon scholars in relation to scholars of East Asia. It is attempted as one study method or viewpoint that can grasp the features of Mencius Doctrine of Joseon ultimately. Such attempt may serve as an opportunity to identify idiomatic opinions and concerns of Joseon scholars that flow through continuously under great influence of the doctrines of Chu-tzu. While it should be expressed as a scholastic trend of the times, introspection on concerns and critical mind of the scholars of the times that flow behind the scholastic form, is still a target of meaningful study. It is the meaningful value that we should identify from study of Confucian classics as an exploration on classics.