호굉(胡宏) 도통론(道統論)의 의의

Abstract

This essay is a philosophical study to reveal Hu hong’s view to the Confucian orthodoxy. Hu hong, an eminent philosopher who lived during the period of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty and the re-establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, was faithful to the ideology of Dao xue and presented a theory of Confucianism appropriate to it. In his collection of poetry and writings, several works provide a significant meaning into Hu hong’s theory of Confucianism. Through my analysis of his two pieces of work, Foreword to Cheng-zi Ya-yan and Afterword to Cheng-zi Ya-yan, we can know Hu hong’s interest was focused on his time, and in particular, determining the place of moral and historical significance of the Cheng brothers was the core of his theory of Confucianism. His point of view was also represented in Zhu Xi’s Preface to the Book of Mean, and can be called the ‘Chengfuzi sole orthodoxy’ now. The evaluation of Confucian pupil Yan Yuan, also an important figure in the Confucian Orthodoxy, was a topic of great debate throughout the history of Song and Ming Confucianism. In the Preface for Zhang Jingfu’s Xi-yan-lu, Hu hong evaluated Yan Yuan and presented a unique opinion that was different from other Confucian scholars of the Song and Ming Dynasty. According to Hu hong, the regulation of Yan Yuan should be relied on the Analects of Confucius and the Book of Mean, and so it should be understood the ‘integrity of identity’ thesis which was derived from the Book of Mean.