南冥学是韩国性理学之正宗

Nan-ming Learning as the Orthodox of Confucianism in South Korea

曹南冥是韩国李朝著名理学家,其学说被称为南冥学。南冥为学,主反己修身,诚意正心,笃实践履,力避空谈心性天理,既合东方儒学的基本精神,也切中时弊。从南冥学的为己之学、内圣外王和宋学思维方式等基本内容可以看出,南冥学是朱子学的分支,是韩国性理学之正宗,曹南冥是接续孔孟道统为己任的程朱理学在韩国的典型代表。

Cao Nanming was a famous Confucianist in the Li Dynasty of South Korea. His learning was called Nanming Learning. Nanming advocates selfdenying, cultivating one's moral character and keeping one's promises, as well as avoiding empty talk of disposition and heavenly principles. His ideas not only conform to the fundamental spirit of oriental Confucianism, but also sharply criticize the malpractices of his time. From the basic concepts of Nanming Learning such as learning for oneself, being good at both theory and practice, and the SongConfucian mode of thinking, we can see that Nanming Learning was a branch of Zhu Xi's Confucianism and it was the orthodox of Confucianism in South Korea. Nanming Learning was a typical representative of learning of great classicsexpositors to follow the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius in South Korea. 