尤庵 宋時烈의 直哲學과 교육문화

Abstract

Uam Song Si-yeol(1607-1689) inherited the study of li from Yulgok Yi I(1536-584) while he succeeded the tradition of the philosophy of Righteousness from his teacher Kim Jang-saeng(1548-1631). The tradition of the philosophy of the Righteousness began with Song Ik-pil(1534-1599) at the early period of Joseon Dynasty. Uam would be considered as a ‘Great Man in Neo-Confucianism because he established the philosophy of Righteousness that provide the theory unifying the cores of the teachings of Confucius, Mencius, Ch’engcius, Chu His, Jeongam, Toegye, and Yulgok. The major trend of the scholarly tradition of Joseon was Neo-Confucianism, however, this timeless philosophy of Righteousness is the core as well as the education. That is why Confucius study of Righteousness needs to be the first step to understand the Neo-Confucian tradition of Joseon. Uam’s philosophy of Righteousness was the philosophy of his life itself. At the same time, he emphasized the education to cultivate the all humankind to live with righteousness and wise to live as civilized men. From this his idea of education receives the respect regardless the time and space. Uam’s righteousness from his philosophy of the Great Union of Spring and Autumn, which reflects his dedication and respect for the Chu His is the one to set up sound national and racial self-esteems to achieve the peaceful co-existence of the mankind. There is a gap between politics and education in Korea today and it causes the collapse of education with the lack of identity and moral. Economic development cannot be futuristic when it lacks the identity in national history and collapse of moral standard. This is why the Uam’s philosophy of Righteousness and civilized education need to be reestablished and internationalized to promote the possibility of Korea becomes a leader of world moral and education. Since twenty-first century is the era of culture, Uam’s thoughts and the concept of education has an unchallengeable values.