The Korean neo-Confucianism of Yi Yulgok
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The Korean neo-Confucianism of Yi Yulgok
（SUNY series in philosophy）
State University of New York Press, c1989
- : pbk.
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Bibliography: p. [131]-141
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the philosophical and religious dimensions of Korean Neo-Confuciansim as expounded by one of the foremost Korean Neo-Confucian thinkers, Yi Yulgok (1536-1584). Yulgok's creative interpretations reformulate some fundamental issues of Confucian philosophy. This book explores the significance of the fundamental assumption which underlies the entire system of Yulgok's Confucian thought. That philosophical assumption is characterized by the author as 'non-dualistic' and 'anthropocosmic'.
It is a unique aspect of Korean Neo-Confucianism which leads to a new way of understanding the Confucian world view and spirituality. This 'non-dualistic' vision sheds a new and critical light on the dialectical framework of thinking at work in Western formulations of understanding the ultimate reality, nature, the universe, and human being. The 'anthropocosmic' vision in this respect will challenge fundamental assumptions of Western theological formulation and suggest a new understanding of human nature and the universe.
A 'non-dualistic' and 'anthropocosmic' interpretation of Yulgok's thought is a fruitful way of approaching the Korean way of thinking and of coming to grips with one Neo-Confucian mode of attaining human self-understanding.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. The Tradition
2. The Person
3. The Scope and Approach
One. Yulgok and the Neo-Confucian Cosmology and Ontology
1. The Neo-Confucian Understanding of T'ai-chi (the Great Ultimate)
2. The Cosmological Implication of T'ai-chi
3. The Ontological Implication of T'ai-chi
4. Chu Hsi's 'Cosmo-Ontological' Development of T'ai-chi
5. The Non-dualistic nature of the Cosmo-Ontological T'ai-chi
6. Yulgok's Anthropocosmic Vision
Two. Yulgok's Understanding of 'Human Nature' (hsing) and 'Mind' (hsin): Yulgok's Anthropology
1. The Underlying Unity of "Cosmo-Ontology" and Anthropology
2. The Problem of the Study of the Mind
3. Yulgok and the Neo-Confucian Anthropology
a. The Basic Cosmo-Ontological Unity of Man and the Universe in Chu Hsi
b. Chu Hsi's Understanding of the Mind
4. The Discussion of the Mind and Yulgok's Anthropology
5. Yulgok's Phenomenology of the Mind
6. Yulgok's Analysis of the Feelings (ch'ing) and the Mind
a. Non-Duality of "Four Beginnings" and "Seven Feelings"
b. The Relationship of Tao-hsin and Jen-hsin
c. The Ontological Unity of the Feelings: the 'Four Beginnings' and the 'Seven Feelings'
7. The Ontology of the Mind
8. Yulgok's Synthesis of Ontology and Phenomenology in His Theory of Mind
Three. Ch'eng, (Song, Sincerity)
1. Ch'eng in The Doctrine of the Mean (the Chung-yung)
2. Ch'eng in The Great Learning (The Ta-Hsueh)
3. Yulgok's Understanding of 'Sincerity' (Ch'eng)
a. Ch'eng as the Foundation of Epistemology
b. The Function of Ch'eng
4. Ch'eng as the Medium of Cosmic and Moral Force
a. Ch'eng and 'Reality' in a Comparative Context
5. Sagehood and Ch'eng
6. Ch'eng and Establishing the Will
7. The Language of Ch'eng
8. Ch'eng (Song, Sincere Reality) and Yulgok's Pragmatism
Conclusion
Appendix: Yulgok's Pragmatism: Political and Economic Thought
Glossary of Chinese and Korean Words
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
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