朝鮮初期 儒學者의 佛敎認識

On the Buddhism of Confucianists of the Early Choson Dynasty

The ruling ideology of the Choson Dynasty is the doctrine of the Chu-Hsi(朱熹). So the corrupt Buddhists at the end of Koryo came under attack by Choson confucian scholars. Buddhist monks didn’t train themselves for Buddhist doctrine, but pursued rights and interests of their own As a result, buddhist temples came to be center of selfish interest groups. The corrupt buddhists fell into a confusion without self-control orself-purification. This thesis, made a study on the Buddhist understanding through an appeal of Confucianist at the beginning of Choson of buddhism of the confucianist scholars of the early Choson Dynasty, by examining apprals written by confucian scholars. The results of the work are as follows. First, Buddhism never matche reality, by the teaching of Humu-jekmyul(虛無寂滅) because it was like a pest gnawing at a person’s mind. Second, Buddhism broke off the relation between father and son relation between rulers and subject. Third, believing in Buddhism led to reducing national destiny and threatening the breath of life, as Yangmuje(梁武帝). Forth, Buddhist monks undermined national economy by living an idle life. The Buddhism of the Confucian scholars shown in their appeals to kings was affected by Hanyou’s ideology. For exaample, the appeals constantly quote Hanyou’s Ganbulgolpo(諫佛骨表) and Wondo(原道). Hanyou began to feel a critical consciousness as Buddhism was overwhelming throughout Tang(唐) Dynasty. It was natural for Hanyou to emphasize the reinforcement of regal way, through Youga(儒家) doctrine, because he was one og the representative Confucian scholar of Tang. Although the Dynasty changed and Buddhist tradition remained as it was, there was some necessity to maintain Hanyou’s conventional Confucian spirit. As the logic Hanyou’s confucian ruling was on the basis of the way of reign, they had to appeal to the exclusion of Buddhism. Overall, the Buddhism of Confucianists of the Early Choson Dynasty followed the logic of Hanyou’s conventional Confucian guard sphere and rejected Buddhism as a whole