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The Educational Philosophy of the Ahn's Family Precepts: Focusing on Ahn's views on Confusianism an Buddhism

Lee Woo Jin 1,  SUNSUK JEON 2

1공주교육대학교
2서울남명초등학교

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This paper aims to explore the theory of education presented in Ahn’s Family Precepts. This book was written by Ahn Jichu(顔之推, 531∼590) in the hope of giving his descendants useful admonitions. It consists of seven volumes, and includes 20 articles. This book, deliberately produced by a responsible parent, contains the essence of traditional Chinese education. Although Ahn was a prominent scholar born into a noble family devoted to Confucianism, he believed that Confucianism and Buddhism have the same goals and social functions. He thoughted that Confucianism and Buddhism were based on educating people to do good and benefiting the world. This view is reflected in Ahn’s Family Precepts. In his book, ‘Returning Mind(歸心)’ is not only his own Buddhist view, but also actively spreads Buddhism. Ahn defended Buddhism against the criticism at the time, and encouraged his descendants to believe in Buddhism. Ahn advocated for Buddhism in religion, even though he emphasized Confucian views on self-discipline and social behavior to his descendants. Even so, Ahn advocated for and publicized the Confucian value of cultivating one’s moral integrity and strengthening one’s family, and took it as the basis of achieving prestige and fame. In his Family Precepts, Ahn sought mainly to convey traditional Confucianism to his descendants, and told them how to cultivate their moral character, run a family, live a life, and learn. He showed a pragmatic view of learning by emphasizing the position that learning is necessary for a stable way of life and practical ability, while highlighting that one must constantly pursue learning for self-realization. In line with this, Ahn rebuked the uneducated and innocent behavior of the nobles, the narrow learning centered on scripture, and the culture of the time in the state of emptiness and emptiness . He also emphasized the importance of literacy in learning pursuits. In conclusion, Ahn’s educational philosophy can be described as admonitions born from a life of practical study, as a true scholarly intellectual.

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