조선 유학자의 사회개혁론과 대동사회의 인식 양상 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this paper has been constructed on a study of cognitive perception of the Daedong society (Ideal Society) which is shown in reformism among Confucian scholars in the Joseon Era. In the development process of Confucius philosophy in the Joseon period in which the Wee-Min(爲民) and An-Min(安民) ideas held the central place, Neo-Confucianism was predicated on criticism and acceptance of Taoism and Buddhism. This points to the social extension of Neo-Confucianism through its criticism and acceptance of Taoism and Buddhism. Furthermore, from the fact that Silhak scholars’ critical understanding on Taoist thoughts was pervasive in the late Joseon Dynasty, it can be proven that Silhak was academically affiliated with Taoism. For this, analyses of the study are divided into three domains. First, social meanings that the Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist conciliatory world view retain are examined by comparing the process of development of Confucius ideas in Joseon. This approach gives an explanation for an ideological negotiation (conciliation) among Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism that is presented from the point of acceptance of Neo-Confucianism in the Koryo Dynasty to the development of it in the Joseon Dynasty. Second, discursive argument over social reform, as well as institutional reform led by bureaucratcy in the early years of Joseon, is analyzed around the concepts of Wee-Min and An-Min. This process attempts to investigate social meanings of reform which proceeded in the complexity of political dynamics. Third, the perceptive study of the Daedong Society materialized in the reformism by Confucian scholars in Joseon performs a task to isolate a Taoist world view embedded in their political philosophy.