「理氣先後有無辨」을 통해서 본 許埰의 性理學

Abstract

Heo Chae was a Sung Confucian scholar that studied under Heo Jeon and Lee Jong-gi in late Joseon. His Sanseung was later connected to the academic tradition of Geunginamin that was commenced by Jeong Gu through Heo Jeon and to the academic tradition of Toigye of Yu Chi-myeong line through Lee Jong-gi in the form of indirect Saseung. The two lines show strong Juri features in any direction, despite which, however, Heo Chae had Sung Confucian features that were hardly "Juri." Those features of his are manifested in Igiseonhuyumubyeon, one of his sundry writings relatively clearly. With a focus on Igiseonhuyumubyeon, which deals with the issue of "Igiseonhu," one of the core controversial issues of Zhuxi Studies in Geumjuseonsaengmunjip, this study investigated how Zhuxi Studies was connected to the issue of "Igiseonhu" and analyzed the content of Igiseonhuyumubyeon to figure out the characteristics of Heo Chae's Sung Confucianism and the coordinates of his Sung Confucianism in the development and flow of Sung Confucian history and school in late Joseon. JudGing from the findings around the issue of "Igiseonhu," Heo Chae's Sung Confucianism seems to have started in reaction to the heavily Li-inclined flow including the Lee Jin-sang line of late Toigye school. Understanding of Heo Chae's Sung Confucianism in respect of the issue of "Igiseonhu" in that way helps to confirm that Sung Confucianism of the Gangwoo region including Milyang, Goryeong, and Seongju developed in more various aspects than expected in the latter half of the 19th century.