英文摘要 |
This paper is a critical re-examination of Jeong Yak-yang's theory of sacrifice. Jeong Yak-yong (1762-1836), better known as Dasan, was a highly influential Confucian scholar who lived in Korea during the Joseon period. Dasan argued that Zheng Xuan (127-200), the noted Han-dynasty Confucian scholar, had been mistaken in his attempts at reconstructing the ancient sacrificial system. Dasan pointed out that whereas Zheng Xuan had based his sacrificial views on the Three Books of Rites, the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the apocryphal works (chenwei), the work that he should have consulted was the Zhouli, which Dasan felt had far greater authority. Furthermore, according to Dasan, Zheng Xuan focused on the jiao 郊 and di 禘 sacrifices, when in fact he should have looked more closely at the kui 禬 sacrifice. Thus, as can be seen, Dasan not only criticized Zheng Xuan's theory of sacrifice, he also attempted to put a new one in its place. After examining the reasoning and sources used by Dasan, this paper concludes that Dasan made a valiant effort to overturn Zheng Xuan's sacrificial theories, but in the end he was unsuccessful: his theories are in fact speculative and far-fetched. Nevertheless, Dasan's views deserve to be studied closely, for they prompt us to revisit and reinterpret classical texts. Indeed, scholars have recently begun to pay more attention to Dasan's views on sacrifices. Hongkyung Kim, for example, has just published an English translation and commentary on Dasan, under the title The Analects of Dasan: A Korean Syncretic Reading. This paper can be seen as yet a further attempt to help us better understand the work of Dasan. |