王安石의 『老子注』 및 「論老子」에 나타난 ‘以儒解老’의 해석경향과 그 정치철학적 의미에 관한 연구

Abstract

Wang An Shi(王安石) is a politician and Confucian who lived in early Song dynasty. He had written books about Laozu such as Commentary of Laozu(老子注), Debating about Laozu(論老子). This article is a study of these books. At this article, I had made a profound study of these books' contents and had found out several philosophical facts. First, Wang An Shi had interpreted Laozu’s dao(道) as chi(氣). It means he had attached importance to the physical world more than the ideal world. Second, Wang An Shi on the one hand had criticized Loazu’s non action thought, on the other hand had modified it as other way. He had insisted that ruler must use Confucian ideas such as li(禮)․le(樂)․xing(刑)․zheng(政) to realize Loazu’s non action thought. Third, Wang An Shi had reinterpreted Loazu’s word “天地不仁” in terms of I Ching’s changing theory. He argued that Laozu had mentioned “天地不仁” in the mean’s of that the cosmos was moving incessantly. Therefore, he also asserted that ruler must change nation’s policy planning with the changes of the times. In conclusion, Wang An Shi’s Laozu is full of colors such as Confucianism and revolutionary thought.