简论徐敬德的理气观

On the Idea-spirit Philosophy of Xu Jingde

朝鲜哲学家徐敬德在朝鲜的性理学发展中起了巨大的推动作用。徐敬德的哲学是以气为中心的性理学。他主张气是世界的本原,气自身的运动是万物生成变化的原因,这是他的哲学中最富有创造性和生命力的地方。但他在理气观上却没能彻底坚持气的主导地位,因此他的哲学不是彻底的一元论,而是具有明显的理、气二元论的倾向。

Xu Jingde, the Korean philosopher, has played a great role in the development of idealism in Korea.Xu＇s philosophy is centered on spirit, which he holds as the origin of the world. The movement of spirit itself generates all things on the earth and this view forms the most creative and vigorous part in his philosophy.However, the leading status of spirit hasn＇t been carried through to the end. Thus his philosophy is not established on the theory of one-element, but containing a clear tendency of two-element theory： idea and spirit.