한국문학에 나타난 군자국 - 군자의 요건과 문학을 중심으로

Abstract

Nowadays, a noble man is not only limited in the doctrinaire approach in Confucian Scriptures, but stands for nowness keeping pace with the stream of times. He, who is often compared with a gentleman, suggests an intellectual with culture and knowledge derived from a courteous manner and behavior. The term of a noble man can be found in the famous book titled The Analects of Confucius which means the person constantly living as the attitude toward Soodukipdukjeein. A noble man should get along on mutual love by solidifying the goodness and middle way. He also should follow and practice the laws of nature by harmonizing morality with the two extremes of neutralization. In short, a noble man of the twentieth century aims for practicing a universal assistance by noticing the changing current of times and defeating an anachronism in the modern world. In a book titled Dangseo the Silla, Sill kingdom is considered the country of noble men. This paper investigates the aspect of the country of noble men based on Korean literature.