俛宇 郭鍾錫의 『茶田經義答問-書經』 고찰

Abstract

『Dajeong Gyeongeui Dapmun-Seogyeong』 contains 348 articles in total, each having a question-answer form. In terms of proportion, most of all the articles or 164 is concerned with 「Wuseo」 and least or 48 「Juseo」. When it comes to the questions, they have main characteristics as follows. First, the inquiries tend to mention too often 『Seojipjeon』 and minor annotations when made, in comparison to most studies of 『Seogyeong』 in the Joseon period that mostly depend on 『Seojipjeon』 with just a little reference to minor or ancient annotations. Second, more of the questions are about civilizations or institutions of the ancient times rather than about scriptures of 『Seogyeong』 itself. And third, very interestingly, they come out quite some suspicions about realities that are not described in the scriptures, but might be hidden behind them. In regard to the answers, they reveal the following features of how Myeonwu's studies of Sangseo are really like. First, Myeonwu turns to 『Seojipjeon』 with little distraction in interpreting 『Seogyeong』. His embracement for 『Seojipjeon』 is presumedly attributed his sincerest respect for Zhu-zi. And second, Myeonwu responds to inquiries about possibly hidden realities as mentioned above with the use of his own sensible reasoning and unique contemplation, thus seeking to perfectly depend the virtues of kings Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen and Wu, and Zhou-gong all of whom Myeonwu considers as the best exemplary Confucianists. Meanwhile, those realities that he suspects are the backdrop of descriptions in 『Seogyeong』 include Yao's negligence of Kun's flood-control work while predicting it wouldn't be successful, Yu's failure to fulfil an offspring's duty of being adviser, controversial abdication from kings Yu and Tang to their descendants, king Wu's non-throne concession to Wei-zi or Ji-zi, Ji-zi's acceptance of installment to the throne of Gojoseon, and Zhou-gong's killing of his brother Guan-shu.