巍巖 李柬의 本心涵養 收養論에 관한 硏究

Abstract

This study aims at reconsideration on the idea of Oiam Yi Gan in terms of the theory of discipline, who represents the Ho-Rak debates (湖洛論辯) prevailing late in Chosun. For I think that it is a meaningful New Confucianism based argument to propose a method of behavior for the moral sense for cultivation of personality. He argued that human mind absolutely had an independent area of genuine mind internally that was not disturbed by anything. He showed an optimistic attitude that everybody could be enlightened of innocent moral sense and change themselves through such genuine mind. He tried to translate the nobility of human on the 'fundamental notions of non-issuance state (未發)' for securing of genuine mind that made it possible to be full of moral sense. Therefore, he planned getting the daily life moralized through the assertion of 'unity of mind and nature (心性一致)' to look for the meeting point between the genuine mind and original nature because he thought that the genuine mind was the fundament for realization of original nature. As a result, it is found that his theory of discipline is focused on the effort of self-discipline "to preserve and cultivate genuine mind". For he thought that the mind had an independent area that would not be restored to personal character and wanted to guarantee the humanism that could be connected to the original nature through the effort of cultivation to preserve such moral mind. It is possible to see a Confucianism scholar model who pursued the fulfillment of moral personality from his discipline attitude to preserve and cultivate genuine mind.