丁若镛“仁非天理”说发微

An Interpretation of Jeong Yak-yong’s“Jen Isn’t the Principle of Heaven”

丁若镛是韩国实学的集大成者。针对李朝晚期的社会与思想困境,丁若镛试图通过对朱子学的批判,构建符合社会发展要求的思想体系。由丁若镛对《孟子·告子》"仁之胜不仁"章的诠释可以看出,丁若镛把"仁"理解为产生于人与人之间的"向人之爱",其特色在于拔除了朱子学宇宙论式的论述,将"仁"的概念以及对"仁"的追求与实践紧密联系在一起,其仁学可以看作是一种实践的仁学观。

As the master of Korean Real Learning,Jeong Yak-yong tried to solve the social and ideological dilemma in the late Yi Dynasty of Joseon with his criticism and reconstruction of Zhu Xi’s philosophy.According to Jeong’s interpretation of Gaozi of the Works of Mencius,it’s clear that Jeong interpreted the Ren as the love of humanity,which is quite different from Zhu Xi’s standpoint that the Ren is the principle of heaven.In Jeong’s view,the concept and the pursuit of the Ren has never been separated from social reality.