퇴계의 『숙흥야매잠도』 정좌와 독서, 그리고 경

Abstract

Some parents say, "My kid reads a lot of books fast, but he(she) cannot explain what the book is about." They are concerned about their kids not knowing the content of books they read while being happy about the number of books and the speed of their reading. These kids are highly likely to be the case of reading in the "books are as they are, I am as I am kind of style, which is the most worrisome way of reading that requires urgent treatment. "Sukheungyamaejamdo," one of the Seonghaksipdo submitted to King Seonjo by Toigye, describes a plan to solve the problem. It is a three-way system for reading. The system's components include sitting in meditation and training, respecting, and reading. The section about sitting in meditation and training at the upper left part of the diagram depicts the way of cultivating the tranquility and unity of the mind through breathing meditation. The section about reading at the middle part depicts immersive reading, in which a reader talks with a writer and identifies with him or her in virtual reality. The section about respecting at the center of the diagram mediates and presides over sitting in meditation and training and immersive reading. The three-way system represents an independent reading system in that it produces and reproduces the power of immersion itself required during reading. Sitting in meditation and training results in the awakening and concentration of respect through the development of tranquility and unity deep in the mind. Respecting, which represents the state of awakening and concentration of the mind, has influence on the perception operation of reading and thus drives readers into the state of immersion. These findings raise a need to accept the three-way system of sitting in meditation and training, respecting, and reading in "Sukheungyamaejamdo" as a treatment to supplement the reading of modern readers.