The Debates on Newspaper between Chang, Ji-Yeon and Takahashi Tōru

An intention of this study is to summarize about 'the Controversy on a Newspaper' of Chang, Ji-youen(張志淵) and Takahashi Toru(高橋亨) through Maeilshinbo(≪每日申報≫) in 1915. Chang Ji-yoen and Takahashi Toru are very important people who drew up a narration of the history of Korean thought. However, their view points are totally different. Through this controversy, we can realize that how different they are. This controversy started from the question of “Is it possible that we distinguish a Confucianist(儒學者) from a Confucian(儒者)?". And then, they dispute about 'the founder of Korean Confucianism(性理學)' and so on. The controversy was progressed three times of questions and answers. The view points on this controversy influenced their writing which are An Outline of Chosun Confucianism(『朝鮮儒學大觀』) written by Takahashi Toru and The Origin of Korean Confucianism(『朝鮮儒敎淵源』) written by Chang Ji-yoen. This study tries to analyze by getting rid of a fixed idea that Chang is a nationalists and Takahashi is a Japan government-patronized scholar. Therefore, we can found why their thinking is different from their study environment. The understanding of a Confucianism based on their lacal history and traditional thought.