부산대학교 도서관

This purpose of this study is to solve the different problems of the present age caused by capitalism and democracy from a Confucian standpoint. This work is accomplished through articulate analyzation of the theory of the ideal society of Confucianism. To carry out this purpose, I first research the origin of community from the standpoint of the Confucian thinker. Through it all, I examine closely the desirable leader of community that Confucianism pursues. Then, I clarify that the leader of a Confucian community, namely the monarch, is authorized by the people as sovereign. Further, I demonstrate that the relationship between monarch and vassal is not homage but partnership, that is, they communize the power that is authorized by the people. I then analyze the theory of a united society is described in other evaluations as the ideal society of Confucian thinking. This theory is in the chapter Liyun in Yueiji. Through this process, I demonstrate the following. First, the theory about ideal society of Confucianism concentrates on the publicity of power and criticizes the privatization of power. Second, the theory concentrates on job security to be able to get whoever can work to do the job. Finally, this theory concentrates on the realization of universal welfare in which we must support the weakest classes. Through this study, I'd like to find some alternative that could recover the weakness and limitation of capitalism and democracy that generates the present age via Confucianism.