Since Mencius mentioned Sangwu (尙友), many writers have mentioned about Sangwu. Their point of view could be positive in that they did not have the same cause and were different from each other in their business, but they yearned and were mentally ...
Since Mencius mentioned Sangwu (尙友), many writers have mentioned about Sangwu. Their point of view could be positive in that they did not have the same cause and were different from each other in their business, but they yearned and were mentally dedicated to try to be similar. In this regard, this study examined Yun Seon-do’s “Sangwu-bu” and Shinchoe’s “Sangwu- ochan.” Yun Seon-do put Sangwu’s meaning in his self-‐discipline as a pre-requisite to imitate the characters that he had set as the object of Sangwu, and that scholars must heighten its meaning and enlarge its scholarship. Shinchoe approached Sangwu in terms of helping one complete one’s self-sufficiency. It is said that all of them found the power in Sangwu to make an effort to match Sangwu’s object. However, Sangwu can be dissatisfied with the current world if life is out of line and not smooth, and it may flow into a pessimistic tendency as an excuse to take up the noble elegance and to make friends with the old people. It is also said that it emphasizes the spiritual union so much that it carries the risk of denying the friends in the current world.