17-18世纪朝日文人笔下的儒学论争

Abstract

Confucianism has a common ideological and academic origin in three east Asian countries, namely China, Joseon (Korea), and Japan. However, while Joseon firmly respected only Zhuzi studies, Yangming studies came to the fore in the Ming Dynasty, and Confucianism in Japan also displayed a tendency to transform into Kogaku, empirical studies, and eclectic learning. From Zhuzi doctrine in the Song dynasty to Yangming doctrine in the Ming Dynasty, it gradually extended to the Neo- Confucianism of Joseon. In the ancient study, ancient language learning, and eclecticism of Japan, numerous debates on Confucianism-related topics arose, forming an upsurge of ideological collision, especially between Cheng-Zhu doctrine and ancient language. As a key to cultural exchanges between Japan and Joseon, the Literature of Confucianism in the Written Dialogues between Japan and the Joseon Envoy to Tokugawa Japan, presents a vivid and real picture of the exchange of ideology between Japanese and Joseon literati. The current study focuses on the specific Confucian factors embodied in the four texts of The Record of Conversation by Writing with Joseon Envoys, The Conversation by Writing and Poems of Response to Joseon Scholars, Literary Exchanges between Joseon and Japanese Scholars, and The Record of Written Conversation by Mr. Nangu. By examining the Japanese and Joseon scholars’ identity and ideological struggle around Zhuzi doctrine, from the perspectives of the absolutist Zhuzi doctrine and Zhuzi’s socialist, the confrontation between Zhuzi and Yangming doctrines, the transformation of ideology and cognition, and the ideological and academic trends of the literati from both countries are revealed.