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Myunggok Choi Seokjeong's View on the Investigation of Things and Universe: Intellectual Challenge to Neo-Confucianism in the Late Joseon and Its Response

  • International Journal of Glocal Language and Literary Studies(약칭: IGLL)
  • Abbr : IGLL
  • 2024, (17), pp.101~115
  • DOI : 10.23073/riks.2024..17.008
  • Publisher : Glocal Institute of Language and Literary Studies(GILLS)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : September 20, 2024
  • Accepted : October 15, 2024
  • Published : October 31, 2024

Wonjun Lee 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the view on Gyeokmul(格物) and Woojoo universe(宇宙) of Choi Seokjeong(1646-1715). Through this analysis, the study examines the intellectual challenges faced by the Neo-Confucian scholars of the late Joseon period due to the emergence of new academic trends after the 17th century, as well as the ways in which these Neo-Confucian intellectuals responded to these challenges. Choi focused on scholarly activities related to astronomy, mathematics, and Western Learning, which were considered “challenging trends against mainstream Neo-Confucianism”. However, his ultimate goal was to secure the practicality of Neo Confucianism. In fact, his academic methodology, like that of other Neo-Confucian scholars, was based on Jeukmul Gungli(卽物窮 理), to understand all things in the world. However, he understood Gyeokmul as “inquiring into the principles of things and enabling those things to reach their full potential.” This interpretation aimed to seek a correspondence between human study and the response of the studied “objects” by adding the aspect of the “object’s response” to the traditional understanding of gewu as purely “human study.” His view of Gyeokmul aimed to transform the traditional Gyeokmul methodology, traditionally understood as recognizing human morality, into a method of understanding “things” beyond the Sino-barbarian worldview from a Neo-Confucian perspective.

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