불교의 東漸과 삼국시대 학술계의 몇 국면

Abstract

This thesis views aspects and flow of academic circle in the Tree Kingdoms Period in two codes. One is the creation of Buddhist studies paradigm according to spreading to the East Asia of Buddhism and the other is the growth of Confucian system according to systemization of Confucianism. This study mainly dealt with the period from the 7th cen-tury to the 10th century and especially focused before and after the 7th century, because the period roughly coincides with the time when the Eastern Asia culture and thought were established. In this regards, the both noteworthy points are transmission of Buddhism and appearance of revered monks. The revered monks were not only main figures of active academic exchange as ‘a member of East Asian’, breathing academic trend of Wei, Jin Northern and Southern Dynasties of China which was new flow of thoughts at that time. In addition, they also placed cornerstone for the unification of Three Kingdoms by Silla with their studies and thoughts. The academic capacity of monks can be placed on the entrance of early Korean academic history. And among the monks, there were many come from the rank of ‘Yukdupum’ that was alienated from center of power. Scholars from the Yukdupum with a background of Confucianism began to appear on the front of history at the same time. Accordingly, they were divided to two groups of monk and Confucian scholars and became subjects who established academic circle. Since then, for some time, Buddhist circle and Confucian circle, monks and Yukdupum had composed mutual balanced academic system continuously. This was possible because all the conditions such as Western Learning(西學), systematical improvement in one’s own country became mature. As time entered later period of Silla, Confucian studies group held dominant position. When viewing the flow, this track is shown; Buddhist studies → Buddhist studies and Confucian studies → Confucian studies. And as time reached later period, in the academic circle, the knowledges of Buddhism and onfucianism were merged by the Confucian group from Yukdupum. Before the 7th century, intellectuals of Buddhism fused Confucian studies but entering the 9th century, on the contrary, intellectuals of Confucianism absorbed Buddhist studies. In the end, it can be seen a process of self-change and that is related the formation of academic history in the Three Kingdoms period.