晦齋 讀書法의 도덕 지향성과 그 인식론적 특징

Abstract

Hoijae put equivalence between reading and practice, but he put the former before the latter in the order. As long as reading comes before practice, the domain of reading will have some rules to control the domain of practice. Reading rules refer to eight methods of reading. Whichever the reading method may be, it will fall in the category of cultivation or Hahak theories. Cultivation theories are upper-level principles than Hahak theories since they are oriented toward moral values with the Hahak theories developing at the level of moral values. Cultivation theories are peculiar in the way that they are oriented toward moral values: they set a "middle zone between the inside of the mind and objective truth" between the inside of the mind and the real world and draw the middle zone into the domain of reading methods. As the middle zone is brought into the domain of reading methods, they can be filled with moral values. Intense consciousness oriented toward moral values forms a unique expressive style or thinking system, which means a focus on it will help to reveal the epistemological characteristics of Hoijae's reading methods. One of them is to grant only pure awareness to the speaker, and another is to have the speaker feel willingness for something strongly in the space of Oksan.