송산 권재규의 心性一體論과 向華背夷論

Abstract

This paper examines Kwon Jae-gyu's academic method and reality perception, focusing on the theory of heart-nature unity and the defending orthodoxy and rejecting heterodoxy. The theory of heart-nature unity can be said to be the core that is inherited from Ki Jeong-jin and Jeong Jae-gyu, and the theory of the defending orthodoxy and rejecting heterodoxy shows his world view. And his profound theory and world view are again related to his spirit of the times. Kwon Jae-gyu, a traditional Korean Confucian scholar who had to live in the imperialist era, did not aim for a life subordinate to the changes of the times. Therefore, it can be said that he lived an outdated life. However, his life should not be viewed like that. This is because the subject is a name that can be called when one can decide one's life. The life of a Korean Confucian who had to protect humanity, including morality and ethics, thus resonates with us. The academic object of Kwon Jae-gyu was the spirit of heaven, nature, and unification, which can be said to be a filial disciple as a practical ethics, and a foreground of humanity as a moral theory. In the context of neo-confucianism, his theory of heart-na182 ture unity can be said to be a juristic. The world order is being reorganized to prioritize temperament, but from his point of view, it was the way to destroy humanity. Many people of the time maintained that it was reasonable from the standpoint of the developmental historical view, but he thought that if he proudly kept and maintained the era from the standpoint of the so-called circular historical view, he would someday restore human order. That can be said to be the reason why he raised his disciples while lecturing until his death.