道統論에서 본 陽明學의 實像과 虛像 - 儒敎史와 劉宗周의 道統論을 중심으로 -

Abstract

When separating Confucianism, Yang-ming Studies, and the history of modern Confucianism thought, the fork of the two factions is well revealed in the Daotong theory. This assertion brings forth such points to the research and reviews the conditions of each school’s Daotong theory. Also, this document will first review the discussions about the Daotong theory in each school of Confucianism and Yang-ming Studies and examine the Daotong theory of scholar Liu Zong-zhou at the end of Myung in a comparative aspect. Such Daotong theory is the genealogy of history of Confucianism in East Asia. Also, we must not forget that it served a very important role for each school to secure its legitimacy. In any case, the basis for the birth of New Confucianism (including both the Confucianism and the Yang-ming Studies) is the Daotong theory. Thus, this paper has first acknowledged the core of history of the Confucianism as the ‘history of though of Daotong theory’ and reviewed the details of genealogical Daotong theory to bring forth the books related to the Daotong theory of Confucians at the end of Myung to the view of analysis. In the second part of this paper concentrated on the analysis of specific conditions of the conception of Daotong theory of Liu Zong-zhou who is one of the representative Confucians at the end of Myung and the meaning of Daotong theory of his disciple called Huang Zong-xi on the comparative dimension. Amid, the paper discussed about the significance of the conditions of Daotong theory unfolded in the Shengxue-zongyao and Huangming-Daotonglu which are the representative books of Liu Zong-zhou.