中國 儒家 經典 속 ‘웃음’의 의미-笑話라는 장르의 이해를 중심으로

Abstract

In this paper, I examined the view of laughter in the Confucian classics and how the view of laughter in the Xiaohua works as a literary genre. A brief summary of the discussion in this paper is as follows. In the tradition of Confucian, laughter was not a key subject of discussion or attention in the philosophy of Confucian philosophy. Therefore, there was also a lack of discussion on the special definition or value of ‘laugh’. However, the laughter understood in the philosophy of Confucians through the core scriptures of Confucian, emphasized the legitimacy of having to be based on a pleasant state of mind. The essence of laughter was sneer. In addition, laughter is based on the falsehood that it can be decorated, and by using laughter, dramatic effects such as tension or questions in the narrative were sought. In other words, in the philosophy of Confucian, laughter can be seen as an expression used in the process of preaching moral values. With the popularity of the compilation of Xiaohua books during the Ming and Qing periods, the perception of laughter has changed significantly from that shown in the Confucian philosophy. The Xiaohua editors recognized laughter as an indispensable element of human life and world composition and viewed it as an excellent drug for diseases that cannot be treated with medicine. Ironically, Confucianism became the main object of laughter in Ming and Qing Xiaohua. Based on the above research, I was able to understand Xiaohua as an independent genre of literature and further think about the meaning of laughter in Xiaohua literature once again.