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A Study on the Formation of Hong Dae-Yong’s Post Neo-confucian(脫性理學) Thinking -Focused on the Change of Mul(物) according to the Theory of Liqixinxing(理氣心性)-

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2019, (29), pp.1~24
  • DOI : 10.33639/ptc.2019..29.001
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : December 26, 2018
  • Accepted : January 30, 2019
  • Published : January 31, 2019

GWAK HYE SEONG 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

Hongdaeyong is the most interesting person in his era, not only because he made great achievements in science, but because he emphasized the importance of moral relativism. He claimed that people should not look down on animals from a human perspective, but should respect their values themselves as meaningful as our own. Accepting multiple values was a radical idea, because almost all the other Neo-confucian scholars had a rigid value system and considered humans to be far more important than any other creatures on earth. His transformation began when he visited Qing. There he saw a new culture, and had some connection with Chinese scholars in academic and emotional way. These experiences transformed him from a neo-confucian into the post neo-confucian. The process of change shows the transition of his understanding about Theory of Liqi(理氣) and the relationship between human and animals(物). Hong Dae-yong followed the stream of Nak-school(洛論) study at his early age. But he had critical issues about the concept of Li and Xingshan(性善) which is the basic premise of Neo-confucianism at the same time. On the other hand, experiences at Qing were eye-opening for him, which made him stop interpreting animals according to human moral values and try to respect values of other being itself. This leads to 北學論, which claims the change in the past ideology to perceive other being and accept various perspectives.

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