“원효학”의 형성과정 고찰— 20세기 화쟁담론을 중심으로

Abstract

Wonhyo’s Buddhist philosophical thought is not only an aspect of Korean ancient Buddhist philosophical thought, but also the center of Korean Buddhism and furthermore of Korean Buddhist philosophy. This paper focuses on the process of Wonhyo philosophical thought in the 20th century as the center of Korean Buddhist philosophy and deals with Wonhyo thought. To emphasize this process, this paper called it Wonhyohak(元曉學). This article examines the status of WonHyoHak in the history of Korean philosophy. First, I has paid attention to WonHyoHak(元曉學)’s position in the Chosunhak(朝鮮學) studied by Choi Namseon from the 1920’s to 1930’s and the process of WonHyohak’s being positioned at the center of Korean Buddhist studies. The second, I examined Hwajaeng(和諍) as an ideology reflected in the process of discovering the existing Wonhyo’s writings and the rise of his writing, especially Shipmunhwajaeinglun(十門和諍論) through inscriptions bearing his biographies. Finally, I examined the role of Hwajaeng in Wonhyo’s thought. Through this, I made sure that the concept of the Hwajaeng in the case of Wonhyo was the methodology of the scripture study presented in the process of exploring the existential problem of practicing the Buddha’s teachings, but through Yicheon’s effort in Koryeo era, the Hwajaeng got attention in Korean Buddhist history in the course of searching for a methodology to resolve conflicts among the sects. And the latter pointed out that Wonhyo’s thoughts suggested an important idea as a methodology to solve the conflict among the sects by constructing Korean Buddhist history and that of Korean philosophy in the 20th century.