This article explores the historical and educational background of Takahashi Toru (1868–1967), a pioneering scholar in the history of Chosŏn Confucianism. Previous research on Takahashi’s colonial historiography has focused mainly on his personal characteristics, whereas this article looks at the period in his life which most influenced his worldview and subsequent scholarship. To do this, it focuses on two articles he published in the year he graduated from the Department of Chinese Studies at Tokyo Imperial University. By looking at the professors who influenced him and their scholarly orientations, it is possible to identify the origins of his intellectual outlook. Shigeno Yasutsugu, a textual critic, taught him positivistic source critique, while Ludwig Riess, a Rankean, inspired Takahashi’s tendency to view nations as the main actors in history and to describe them in terms of national characteristics. In addition, Inoue Tetsujiro, an Orientalist scholar, implanted in Takahashi his own understanding of the history of Chinese philosophy. This viewpoint prioritizes philosophy over Chineses exegesis, and endorses the superiority of socially engaged Confucianism. This article shows that Takahashi’s later view that “Zhuzixue is monotonous" is a result of his acceptance of Inoue’s Orientalist approach to Chinese philosophy. I argue that the scholarly framework on the history of philosophy presented in the two Takahashi articles was the foundation for this later research on the history of Chosŏn Confucianism. He adopted a positivistic research approach based on the preconception that Zhuzixue was simplistic. At the same time, he endeavored to uncover distinctive national characteristics of the Chosŏn people.
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Abstract Introduction Takahashi’s Education at the Imperial University of Tokyo Takahashi’s Intellectual Orientation in Two of His Early Essays Beyoond Textual Criticism, Emphasizing Philosophy Takahashi’s Understanding of the History of Chinese Philosophy Nationl Characteristics Discourse and Positivist Historiography Takahashi's Use of Names in Derogatory Articles Conclusion Bibliography
한국연구원은 1970년 5월 한국 민속의 각 분야에 걸친 자료의 수집과 학술적 연구를 목적으로 '한국민속연구소'로 출발하였다. 그 후 1973년 5월 연구 분야를 확대하며 민속뿐만 아니라 한국학 전반에 걸친 연구를 위해 '한국학연구소'로 개편하였고, 다시 1989년 3월 한국의 국제적 위상의 부상과 함께 한국학 연구의 중요성이 높아짐에 따라 '한국학연구원'으로 확대, 개편하였다. 한국학연구원은 한국학 전반에 걸친 연구를 통해 지역과 민족문화 발전에 기여하며 한국학의 세계화를 위해서 학술활동을 강화하고 나아가 내·외국인에 대한 한국문화 교육을 담당하고자 한다.