박세채 『심학지결(心學至訣)』의 체계와 철학사상적 의의

Abstract

This article examines the system and its philosophical significance of Sim-Hak-Ji-Gyeol(心學至訣), which means a very extremely important teaching in Sim Learning(心學, learning of the mind), written by Park Se-chae(朴世采) in Joseon during the 17th century. Sim-Hak-Ji-Gyeol is a work that sees the core idea of Sim Learning as Gyeong(敬, respect and attention) and organizes the remarks about it categorically. From this, a systematic discussion of Gyeong was established, or Gyeong Learning(敬學). This was to identify Confucius’ Jen Learning(仁學) and Jeong-Ju’s Learning(程朱學) on the inside as one, proclaiming Gyeong Learning as the essence of Confucianism, and to give order to a severely divided world by laying an ontological foundation on Rye Learning(禮學), the external expression of Gyeong on the outside. On the thought history perspective, Gyeong Learning is an elaboration of the essential teaching in Sim Learning, a fruit of the accumulation of existing Sim-Gyung(『心經』, Classic of the Mind) studies. In this process, the contents of Gyeong Learning were inherited from Jeong Gu’s(鄭逑) Sim-Gyung-Bal-whoey(心經發揮) and the form was influenced by Cho Ik’s(趙翼) Ji-Gyung-Do-Seol(持敬圖說). In this sense, Sim-Hak-Ji-Gyeol is a special achievement of Confucianism in Joseon during the 17th century.