Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi T'oegye and Yi Yulgok

A Reappraisal of the 'Four-Seven Thesis' and its Practical Implications for Self-Cultivation

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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A study of the most significant debate in Korean Neo-Confucianism between the two most eminent Neo-Confucian thinkers, summarizing their philosophies and providing refreshing insights into Confucian language and cultureThis comparative study of Yi T'oegye (1501-1570) and Yi Yulgok (1536-1584), Korea's two most eminent Neo-Confucian thinkers, is a seminal work on the Four-Seven Debate, the most significant and controversial intellectual event in the Korean Confucian tradition. The Four-Seven thesis, a magnificent example of East Asian Confucian discourse at its best, remains each thinker's masterpiece, a compressed but integrated systemization of metaphysics, ethics, and spirituality. It addresses fascinating philosophical, moral, and psychological questions about the fundamental problem of feelings and emotions, as well as their implications for moral and spiritual self-transformation.This book is indispensable for those interested in Korean thought or intellectual history. It will enable specialists in Confucian studies to understand unique paradigms of Korean Neo-Confucianism. It will stimulate comparative philosophers or religionists and general humanists to consider Korean Neo-Confucianism seriously as a major resource for understanding East Asian philosophy and religion.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-07-20
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor353
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791422762

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Foreword by Julia Ching Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Style and Translation Abbreviations Historical Background: Korean Neo-Confucianism The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in the Koryo PeriodNeo-Confucianism in the Early Choson DynastySongnihak before T'oegye and Yulgok in Sixteenth-Century KoreaYi Hwang (T'oegye, 1501-1570)Yi I (Yulgok, 1536-1584)Why the Four-Seven Controversy Developed in Korea:Some Historical ReflectionsI. Philosophical Introduction: The Fruitful Four-Seven Legacy The Locus Classicus for the Ideas of the Four Beginnings and the Seven EmotionsThe Ch'eng-Chu Interpretation in ChinaQuestions and Issues Raised in the Korean Four-Seven Debates /II.T'oegye's Four-Seven Thesis Kobong's Challenge to T'oegye: The Continuum of the Four and the SevenT'oegye's Response to Kobong's First Challenge: The Distinction of the Four and the SevenKobong's Second Challenge: The Inseparability of I and Ki and the Oneness of Human NatureT'oegye's Revised Four-Seven Theory of "Alternate Manifestation"The Last Exchange on the Moon-Moonlight Analogy: Unity or Duality?III.Yulgok's Four-Seven Thesis Human Mind and Moral Mind: The Unity and Duality of the MindThe Continuum of Feelings: The Four in the SevenThe Oneness of Human NatureA Critique of T'oegye's Theory of Alternate Manifestation: The Working of KiThe Inseparability and Harmony of I and KiIV. Practical Implications for T'oegye Principle and Self-CultivationFeelings and the Learning of Mind-and-Heart (Simhak)Sagehood and the Learning of Reverential Seriousness (Kyonghak)Self-Cultivation as an Ethico-Spiritual IdealV. Practical Implications For Yulgok Good And Evil: The Nourishment Of KiSelf-Cultivation And Emotional IntegrationSagehood And Learning Sincerity (Songhak)Practical Learning (Sirhak) As An Ethico-Political IdealVI. Conclusions: A Comparison Of T'oegye And Yulgok Epilogue: The I-Ki And Four-Seven Controversy After T'oegye And Yulgok The School Of The Primacy OfThe School Of The Primacy OfkiThe Eclectic SchoolAppendix 1 T'oegye's Diagram Of The Mind, Human Nature, And FeelingsAppendix 2 Yulgok's Diagram Ofthe Human Mind And The Moral MindAppendix 3 A Chronological And Annotated List Ofyi T'oegye's Major Writings CitedAppendix 4 A Chronological And Annotated List Ofyi Yulgok's Major Writings CitedNotes Glossary: Major Terms, Names, and Titles CitedIndex Selected Bibliography