孔子의 禮에 대한 解釋學的 接近 -­ 論語를 중심으로

Abstract

"Li (propriety)" was formed for a long time and it has been changed so many times as time goes by. The "Li (propriety)" in the 1st stage, it was from sacrificial rites of prim itive religion. But it was changed to two sorts of "Li (propriety)" such as "Li (prop riety )" of the Royal court and "Li (propriety)" of sacrificial rites and the ancestral shrine of the royal family , not the religious meaning praying fortune with sacrificial rites since the Yin dynasty In Chou(Zhou) dynasty, it became a kind of standard in society and was succeeded to establish order by Confucius in the end of A bunch of dynasties confused situation. At that time, human being's moral doing was the basis of living standard and humanities order. Human beings should have "Jen(humanity)" and it needs "Li (propriety)" to do itself. Thus, "Li(propriety)" is the center of human being's life and the motive power which is improving the culture in the society. Based on these reality, we can not argue the thoughts of Confucius without our society as well. Today, "Li(propriety)" is the manifestation of external standard and internal moral. In modern society, it contains the problems which its contents and formalities are not harmonized well. Due to these things, the moral spirit is being excluded focusing only on physical things. Those things result in the social evils since it was not harmonized internally and externally. Thus, individuals should practice with "Jen(humanity)" to make the society which is filled with virtue. Human being should have moral character which can influence to others. And it can be conversed to the though which resolve the crisis of current civilization and it needs to be required to succeed and revive the advantage of our traditional culture thru the appropriate education.