陸賈의 君主論思想에 대한 硏究

Abstract

Among Lujia’s political thoughts, the reign with no intention can be said to be achieved while the king practices virtues and beings that have moral authority such as saints can be said to be a necessary condition to complete ideal politics. This idea can be said to have inherited the concept in early Confucian thoughts “Those who have virtues assume the helm of state.” The reign by saints mentioned by Lujia can be said to be making the value criteria of all people for good and evil the same and unifying customs. That is, Lujia thought that saints would respect the light of the heaven, ensure correct operation of the sun and the moon, record the frequency of the movements of the constellation, use the benefits brought about by the sky and the earth, determine the grades of crops based on the heights of plateaus or flatlands, construct facilities related to wagons and ships based on the convenience of mountains and waters, subjugate the whole country, divide states, make the value criteria of for good and evil the same, and unify customs. However, since kings could not be saints in the real political situations, Lujia retreated one step and selected a second-best solution, which was king’s reign emulating saints. While advocating reign by virtues, Lujia thought that moral training was the most important for sovereign’s ideal personalities. That is, Lujia emphasized the importance of sovereign’s moral training. With regard to the Lujia’s theory of kings, the present writing developed discussion focusing on sovereign’s moral training centered on the content and usefulness of the moral training.