천인합일에서 천과 인간의 관계 지향성 연구-도덕으로서의 理의 조건에 관한 고찰-

Abstract

“Harmony between nature and human beings”(天人合一) means harmonized relationship between nature and human and they are based on the mutual relation. In order to unite both the ontological notion of heaven and reality of human, the concept of interrelationship should be considered. Thus, this kind of unity can be fulfilled through the moral and proved by realization of moral rules. As mentioned before, the unity of the heaven and human aims to coexistence of nature and human and it confronts the all the conflicts between nature and human. Therefore, human as moral subject have free will to achieve the harmony with the nature’s moral rules. To be specific, this paper discusses about the condition of Li for realization of moral action based on the interrelationship between nature and human. Human beings can be united with nature by realization of moral actions. Then, problems caused in human’s moral rules can be solved. However, the important thing is that the potential for change in Li is needed in order to achieve the harmony between nauture and human beings. This is because when human beings are seperated from the nature which is logical and fixed concept, they can be the independent subjects who have vitality. As a result, this paper assumes that the Li’s possibility of potential for change is basic condition for the harmony between nature and human. According to Zhu-xi, the fixed notion cannot become Li but Wu(物) in ametaphysic theory. Therefore, this paper argues that Li should include the possibility of change.