최봉익의 지눌관 및 혜심관을 통해 본 南北韓 불교철학 사이의 소통 가능성 고찰

A study on the possibility of understanding between South and North Korean Buddhism through Choi Bong-Ik’s viewpoint on Jinul and Hyeasm

I have examined the research trend of North Korean Buddhist philosophy as a South Korean Buddhist philosopher. What I wish to show in this paper is to explore the scholastic understanding among the scholars in South and North Korea. The goal of this paper is to research about the way of understanding way between South and North Korean Buddhism by the comparison of scholar’s cognition about Korean Buddhism. Choi Bong-Ik’s viewpoint on Jinul and Hyeasm in ꡔThe Outline about the history of Joseon Philosophyꡕ will be discussed as the main topic. I also handled the following three topics. First, I explained Choi Bong-Ik’s viewpoint on Jinul and Hyeasm and its characteristics. I also arranged the current of North Korean philosophy and the feature of the history of Joseon Philosophy from his book. second, I inquired into the sameness and difference about the viewpoint on Jinul and Hyeasm between Choi Bong-Ik, North Korean philosopher, and South Korean philosophers. Third, I recognized that there was a big gap on the understanding between South and North Korean scholars through above researches. In conclusion, I showed a couple of ways how to make a point of contact between North and South Korean philosophy.