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A Study on Nokmun Yim Seong-ju’s Interpretation of Sangseo

  • Journal of Humanities
  • 2024, (93), pp.107-149
  • DOI : 10.31310/HUM.093.04
  • Publisher : Institute for Humanities
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : April 12, 2024
  • Accepted : April 29, 2024
  • Published : May 31, 2024

YU YOUNG OG 1

1동아대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to investigate Nokmun Yim Seong-ju’s interpretation of Sangseo. For the investigation, the study has reviewed 19 items of “Seoyeon Gangeui(書筵講義)” and 196 items of “Sangseo(尙書)” that are included in his work Nokmunjip(鹿門集). As a result, it was found that Nokmun, like most of other scholars who worked on Sangseo during the Joseon period, paid more attention to 2-Dian (二典) and 3-Mo(三謨), Ugong(禹貢), Hongbeom(洪範), and chapter 15 of Daeumo(大禹謨). In addition, he put out arguments of his own over certain passages in Sangseo that had suggested many different views. Moreover, while he used Seojipjeon(書集傳) as the basic source of interpreting Sangseo, Nokmun sometimes pointed out the errors of that source with reference to ancient and brief annotations. Meanwhile, Nokmun’s research renditions of Sangseo had 8 characteristics that are briefed in the following. ①Interpreting only half the part of “Zhouseo(周書)” since the demise of Zhou-going(周公) was first appeared in the ancient book, ②showing indifference to whether Sangseo espe ially written in Chinese letters predominant before the Eastern Han dynasty is indigenous or not except for suspecting that chapter 1 of “Shunjeon(舜典)” is fake, ③detailing flood control projects described in Ugong into three stages and putting special emphasis on ‘reverence’(敬) discussed in “Hongbeom(洪範)”, ④asserting that Samsuk(三叔), the three figures that broke out ‘Samgam’s Rebellion’ should have been less severly punished, ⑤revealing his own philosophical perspective characterized as integrating ‘mind(心)’ and ‘human nature(性)’ into one. ⑥frequently noting the errors of SeojeonEonhae(書傳諺解), ⑦frequently quoting Zhu-Xi’s arguments with respect and trust, but not completely turning to them, and ⑧mentioning, more often than not, theories from the Noron(老論) school, a scholarly network on which he based himself, but showing flexibility by accepting those theories in a critical manner.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.