전통사회 도덕적 관습의 성문화 및 합리화 과정 연구 - 順庵 安鼎福의 『慶安面二里洞約』을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In recent time, East West comparative ethics has faced increased demand, especially comparative of Protestant Ethics and Neo-Confucianism Ethics. Such interest stems in part from a growing concern with the rapid economic growth of South Korea and China influenced by Confucian values. In this paper, I try to find the rationalization of daily life through the investigation of codification old customs and common law in early modern Korea. I use old archives which are the constitution of village association preserved in GyengGyi Province GwangJu county Gyeongan village. An Jeongbok(1712-1791) who was a famous Confucian thought organized village association and led to codification of village rule. The main contents of codification were the principles of composing a board of governing council, the qualification of a official board member, term of office. The qualification of a governing board was not related to social status, honesty, a man of integrity, impartiality, a person of full capacity etc. Village people seek to stability of subsistence and concerned with community surplus rather than personal surplus. Even though the members of village association were consumers as well as producers toward market, their ethics were basically different from commercial profit seeker. To stabilize subsistence and then the surplus required rational management and consensus with members. There was the rationality of Confucian ethics since the communal value put on the accurate book-keeping, and the codification of common law. I expect this paper will increase the attention about the rationalization of daily life informed by Confucian values in eighteenth century Korea, the interest in comparative ethics between Protestant ethics and Neo-Confucian ethics, and the Confucian strengths of the ways conceived a fully human life in terms of relationship to others.