Confucian Scholars’ Critical Studies of Du Yu’s Notes of Zuo Zhuan During the Period of Korean Emperor Joseon Jeongio: A Preliminary Study of Cheng Hai-ying’s Du Zhu Kao Yi

Title

Confucian Scholars’ Critical Studies of Du Yu’s Notes of Zuo Zhuan During the Period of Korean Emperor Joseon Jeongio: A Preliminary Study of Cheng Hai-ying’s Du Zhu Kao Yi

Author

Hsiao-sheng CHANG

Page

91-119

DOI

10.6163/TJEAS.201712_14(2).0003

Abstract

The Chinese Five Classics of Confucianism had been introduced to ancient Korea very early. They had been the most important books for the Korean scholars to learn Confucianism. In both China and Korea, the teaching of these classic books used to be the guiding principles of political and human relationships. Scholars kept interpreting and commenting on them in different ways from time to time. On the one hand, one can explore the Chinese and Korean scholars’ different connotations of the words used in these classics; on the other hand, one can investigate how the changing historical contexts affected the scholars’ development of their major thoughts based on these classics. During the development of Chinese Chun Chiu studies, scholars changed their perspectives on Zuo Zhuan, which was originally considered as a classic. Later, it became a historical publication or even a Chinese literature book. Zuo Zhuan, therefore, served the various needs of scholars from different disciplines and with their own analytical purposes. In Korea, scholars have critically studied and discussed on the context of Zuo Zhuan as well as the relationship between Zuo Zhuan and Chun Chiu. These scholars started exploring the characteristics of Zuo Zhuan later than their Chinese counterparts, but their in-depth discussions and critical studies of this book were as serious as the latter. In his later reign, the Korean Emperor Joseon Jeongio had ordered his officials to edit Chun Chiu Zuo Zhuan. Afterwards, Joseon Jeongio ordered Cheng Hai-ying to write Du Yu’s Chun Chiu Jin Zhuan Ji Jie, which summarized and analyzed the different comments from both Chun Chiu Zuo Zhuan and Du Yu’s Chun Chiu Jin Zhuan Ji Jie. This article examined Cheng criticism of Zuo Zhuan and Du Yu’s Chun Chiu Jin Zhuan Ji Jie by analyzing his Du Zhu Kao Yi. I argue that although Korean Chun Chiu study had emphasized “Respect for the emperor/Respect for the classics,” Cheng Hai-ying offered his viewpoints that disagreed with such standard of justice by criticizing Zhuo Zhuan and Du Yu’s Chun Chiu Jin Zhuan Ji Jie. This was the main reason why Emperor Joseon Jeongio ordered to edit Chun Chiu Zuo Zhuan. This case shows the Korean academic characteristics of studying Chun Chiu.

Keyword

Cheng Hai Ying, Duzhu Kaoyi, Zuo Zhuan, Du Yu, Korean Emperor Joseon Jeongio, Chungchiu Zuozhuan

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