박세채 퇴율절충론의 배경과 특징

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the eclecticism of Teogyeism and Yulgokism of Namkye Park Saechae in Kiho School. Even though he was in Yeongnam School, he is a prominent eclecticist of Kiho School. The characteristic of his eclecticism of Teogyeism and Yulgokism can be found in a sadistic background. Namkye was from the “Ban-nam Park’s.” Shinheum, his maternal grandfather, was a profound scholar who did not adhere to the philosophy of the Chu-tzũ School, and his grandfather on his father’s side, Dongryang Park, was a man who held a vast range of interchange beyond the opposition of parties. From these influences, Namkye was able to freely exchange opinions regarding the relatives of the king with notable persons of those times under the pretense of being a forester. He was able to enjoy free exchanges that went beyond party lines. The fact that Namkye did not have a distinct teacher provided the opportunity to formulate an open learning climate. From the age of seven, Namkye learned from his father and by the age of eleven, he had set the history of Yulgok as the guide to his studies. When he became twenty, he received education by becoming a pupil of Sanghuen Kim of Yeongnam School. This education allowed him to freely take in the history of Toegye but still base his foundation on the history of Yulgok. In the end, Saechae Park made a compromise between the two by finding solutions to the flaws of ethical practice of Yulgok theories within Toegye, while maintaining the basis on the ontology of Yulgok. This is because his objective of Sung Confucianism was to present evidence regarding the problem of putting actions into practice.