牧隱의 『周易』認識과 그 義理的 특징

Abstract

This essay tries to elucidate which characteristic Mokeun's perception of moral principle of the Book of Changes has and how this position is connected with the system of Neo-confucianism. Mokeun considered the Ultimate of non-being ad the Great Ultimate as the cosmological substance. While interpreting the Great Ultimate as the substance of the nature, he accepts cosmology, the theory of mind and nature, and cultivating theory of Neo-Confucianism. And he emphasized the fact that the material forces hinder the total realization of principle. Here he acknowledged the thought of reverence[敬] as the essential method of cultivating theory. Then Mokeun understands Book of Changes in the moral principle point of view of Confucianism. He maintains viewpoint of moral principle through which Cheng I interpreted in connection with a moral interpretation of ‘righteousness[貞]’ of Kun-Kon hexagrams, the practise through effort of gentleman, executing the values of Wen-wang and Zhu-gong, and respect of yang and restriction of yin. That Mokeun views the hexagram-line of Book of Changes in the moral principle point of view intends to derive a natural standard for human law from the symbol of hexagram-line in the Book of Changes. In conclusion, Mokeun's moral principle perception of Book of Changes is very significant in that the scholars of the ending period of Ko-ryeo dynasty make them consider nature and man as unifying in the study of Neo-Confucianism by accepting the moral principle theory of Book of Changes of Song dynasty.