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A Study on Hong, Daeyong(洪大容)’s Notion of the Heaven(天)

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2017, (36), pp.65-90
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Published : November 30, 2017

Kim Yu Jin 1

1한국기술교육대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This article is the result of examining Hong, Daeyong(洪大容, 1731~1783)’s notion of heaven. His notion of heaven can be clissified into three. One is ideological type, the second is humane type and the third is natural type of heven. Extremely abstract concept, the ideological type of heaven is the essence of all things. As Neo-Confucian, Hong thought that the human nature and natural laws inheres in heaven. But Hong considered the human nature and natural laws to be concrete and recognizable. To the next Hong’s humane type of heaven could be caught in the thinking of universal fraternity. Hong insisted on treating Chinese and Barbarians equally instead of discriminating. In Hong’s claim, the humane type of heaven could help him to overcome the discrimination bewteen inside and outside. Finally the natural type of heaven refers to the heaven as the object of objective observation. The heaven which Hong refers to when he explains the operation of the celestial body corresponds to the natural type of heaven. Through these three perspectives, Hong could have an equitable view of the world.

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