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A Study of the Applicability of the Concept of Commons in Confucianism : Focused on Taeguk-ron

  • International Journal of Glocal Language and Literary Studies(약칭: IGLL)
  • Abbr : IGLL
  • 2024, (16), pp.112~120
  • DOI : 10.23073/riks.2024..16.009
  • Publisher : Glocal Institute of Language and Literary Studies(GILLS)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : May 15, 2024
  • Accepted : June 15, 2024
  • Published : June 30, 2024

Jung, Du Ho 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

As a first step towards combining Confucianism and the Commons debate, this paper discusses the applicability of Confucianism’s cosmology/ontology, specifically Zhu Xi’s Taeguk-ron, to the Commons debate. To summarize the discussion First, just as Taeguk extends from universal principles to concrete things through self-expansion, the principle of commons extends to concrete commons, and is the ground upon which concrete commons can operate. Here, the principle of commons operates without human/non-human distinction. Second, just as Taeguk is inherent in spherical things through selfmanifestation, the Principle of Commons (一) is equally inherent in spherical commons (多). However, the uniqueness of each sphere’s commons is revealed in the same way that heaven, earth, and all things live in symbiosis without contradicting each other. This interpretation of the commons in Confucianism means that just as the universal moral law, the Taeguk, is inherent in all things through self-expansion and self-manifestation, and we should pursue morality as we should, so all beings can pursue and function in the commons without distinction between human and nonhuman. If we emphasize that the commons is a performative concept that is not merely a theoretical issue, but one that is directly connected to issues of practice, then it is possible to reinterpret the discussion of the commons through the lens of Confucianism, where metaphysics and the practical issues of ethics and morality are congruent.

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