율곡학연구(栗谷學硏究)의 새로운 지평 및 신공동체(新共同體)의 모색 = Searching for a New Prospect and New Community in the Study Yulgok Philosophy

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In this paper, I seeked for new horizons of Yulgok(1536~1584) studies, and looked up the ideal to form a new community of future society in the 21st century in Yulgok's administration theory.
For this purpose, I divided Yulgok's philosophy into two areas. The first was criticizing the tendency of study Yulgok's Neo-Confucianism and seeking new directions. As a researcher who has been studying Yulgok’s Neo-Confucianism, I believe that it is necessary to discard the dichotomous research trends of the existing Li(理)-centered(主理) and Qi(氣)-centered(主氣), and to cease the excessive attitude of comparative research with Toegye(退溪) to understand the true aspects of Yulgok Neo-Confucianism and thus to promote the globalization of Yulgok’s Neo-Confucianism.
Secondly, I emphasized the need for active research on Yulgok’s theory of Administration(經世論). The studies of Yulgok consist of two parts : Neo-Confucianism and the theory of Administration, but the latter has not yet been studied enough, and thus we need to study further Yulgok’s theory of Administration to get new social ethics and ideologies in future society. Here, I argued and confirmed that in the operation of the community, leaders should practice moral justice, also have practical skills and spirit of sacrifice, and the general public should respect free communication and public opinion.
This spirit was revealed in Yulgok's theory of Administration, and it was proposed that the principle of the formation and the operation of good community should be based on the spirit.