李恒의 성리학적 특징 고찰

Abstract

This paper examines the neo-confucian characteristics of Lee Hang 1499-1576). Lee Hang's neo-confucian is thoroughly developed in one thing thinking. Given that the zhuxi's Li and Gi of theory in synthesizing the two aspects of the main system and the phenomenal world, Lee Hang's one thing thinking can be said to be an interpretation that focuses on the phenomenal world. Therefore, it denies the reality of transcendent and metaphysical principles beyond one thing, but it does not ignore even the conceptual distinction between metaphysics and physical science. In other words, Lee Hang simultaneously recognizes the 'don't separated from each other(不相離)' and 'don't mix with each other(不相雜)' of Li and Gi, but nevertheless puts more emphasis on the 'don't separated from each other' of Li and Gi than on the 'don't mix with each other' of Li and Gi. This is the characteristic of Lee Hang's neo-confucianism. This think probably does not seem to have anything to do with his being from a military background. Like a military background, it is based on his will to interpret the world in terms of empirical and sensuous reality rather than ideological and abstract. This is why he values 『Daehak』 based on seeking Li by going ahead with things(格物致知), an empirical recognition method called "recognizing Li on the top of one's Gi"