이익(李瀷)의 음양(陰陽) 방술(方術)에 관한 인식의 체계

초록

This paper, as part of an effort to analyze the intellectual interests and consciousness of a Joseon Silhak (Practical Learning) scholar, examines the views expressed by Yi Ik(李瀷) on the arts of yin-yang and various divination techniques. In a Joseon society that tabooed the mention of anything related to "strange phenomena, force, disorder, and spirits" (goeryeongnansin), Yi Ik was able to fully and comprehensively develop his views on these arts due to his open-minded attitude toward knowledge. Yi Ik believed that unconditionally denying the myriad beings and forms of knowledge in the world stemmed from ignorance. Among the yin-yang arts, Yi Ik acknowledged taek-il (day selection), jeomseong (astrology), and saju (the Four Pillars of Destiny). He partially accepted the ability to predict matters such as nobility or humbleness, poverty or wealth, longevity or premature death, and the year of passing the state examination. On the other hand, he denied the possibility of predicting a person's surname or their parents' ages. Separately from acceptance or denial, he rejected pungsu (feng shui) and shamanism on the grounds that they disrupted social customs and order. When arguing for or against the validity of these yin-yang arts, Yi Ik enhanced the persuasiveness of his claims by avoiding simple speculation and instead appropriately combining reliable literature with his own observations and experiences.

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