華西思想의 특성과 현대적 의미

Abstract

This paper has been the studied thesis about a thoughtful characteristic and modern meaning of the central figure of the group of Expel Wickedness-Doing Justice(斥邪爲正派), Hwa-Seo(華西) Lee, Hang-Ro`s(李恒老) who gave his life to save and fight for the preservation of his nation and people in the times and circumstances of the late of the Joseon(朝鮮) Dynasty when an invasion of foreign power had been materialized in construction project in Japans. Hwa-Seo held strongly to his ground of Nothing but-Ii(主理的) between the Mind(心說) and Ii-Chi opinion(理氣論). These philosophical quality of Hwa-Seo`s is the theoretical basis of his Righteousness-Principle idea(義理思想) that would had put the Right-Path(正道) into practice through blocking one's selfish desires of material force(形氣) and actualizing the real good Heaven-Principle(天理). Plus, in the value consciousness influenced by denouncing the western culture which was centralized with regarding to material profit desire and succeeding to the Confucian culture on the basis of mental morality, his Thought is closely connected with the phases of the times to save the nation in a great crises from invasion of foreign power. Hwa-Seo respected extremely Chu Hsi(朱熹) and Song, Si-yeol(宋時烈) who had succeeded and practiced the Confucian way of criticism(春秋義理思想) of Confucius. In addition to, he regarded the mind of the moral state of wholeness that is based on Straight-Forwardness(直) and the suitable rationality embodied with Principle in times(時中) as important to give body to Righteousness-Principle idea appropriately, and learned the teaching of the sages by experience between studying in theory and researching the accuracy of Righteousness-Principle. Therefore, to practice Studying of reflecting on oneself(爲己之學) of Confucian at the utmost(中正) mind in his entire life is Hwa-Seo`s characteristic of Righteousness-Principle idea. The point of Hwa-Seo`s Expel Wickedness-Doing Justice(斥邪爲正) with criticizing the western civilization is set on the Judgment between righteousness(義) of the moral value and profit(利) of equal consideration of interests, and at the core of sense that is rejecting the western(斥洋) of Hwa-Seo`s who saw the economical aggression of western power through, there are some problems about the dignity and morality of human in the case of sinking into a immoderate material benefit and social corruption and injustice. These patriotic spirit and practical Righteousness-Principle idea of Hwa-Seo`s helped many man of scholars to carry on the anti-Japanese movement of the late of Joseon(朝鮮), an independence movement and spiritual heritage of the national spirit in succession. In the face of meeting the demands of the times of modern society for humankind to have to be a peaceful coexistence and Accompaniment-society(大同社會) by a common destiny, the essence of the Hwa-Seo`s Thought which would realize human love and righteousness on the base of mature personality should be come true properly.