河謙鎭 心無對說의 의미

Abstract

Ha Gyeom-jin was a scholar who grew up and worked at a time when the country collapsed and Confucianism lost its power. Although he lived in a period of despair, he believed in the revival of Confucianism. The cause of this conviction can be found in the acceptance of Yi Jinsang's Neo-Confucianism. This Neo-Confucianism, represented by Simjeukli(心卽理, The mind is the objective principle.) theory, possessed a strong consciousness about the doctrine of Defending Orthodoxy and Rejecting Heterodoxy. He learned the unique theory and spirit from senior scholars such as Heo Yu and Kwak Jong-seok. In addition, he elaborated the theory of his own school by interacting and discussing with Cho Geung-seop and Han Yu, who had different views because of the different schools they belonged to. The main object of criticism was Jeon Woo. From the standpoint of his school, he raised the mind to the supreme being by arguing against the doctrine of Jeon Woo, which states that the nature is high and the mind is low. Like the Simjeukli theory of Yi Jinsang, this is not the claim that all subjective minds are objective laws. He paid attention to the phenomena of the mind that preserve and expose nature. And he said that there is no match for a heart like this. At this time, what he considered human nature was only the nature recognized by Confucian scholars. Its nature was the foundation of Confucian values ​​and Confucian society. If people have a mind that reveals this nature by itself before artificial efforts, even if they are in trouble, the values ​​of Confucianism and society have eternity and absoluteness. He used this as a standard to criticize barbaric colonialism and warfare, which was a source of strength against injustice.