The Korean neo-Confucianism of Yi Tʿoegye and Yi Yulgok : a reappraisal of the "Four-Seven Thesis" and its practical implications for self-cultivation

Author(s)

• Chung, Edward Y. J.

Bibliographic Information

The Korean neo-Confucianism of Yi Tʿoegye and Yi Yulgok : a reappraisal of the "Four-Seven Thesis" and its practical implications for self-cultivation

Edward Y. J. Chung

（SUNY series in Korean studies）

State University of New York Press, c1995

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-304) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This 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.

Table of Contents

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 Period Neo-Confucianism in the Early Choson Dynasty Songnihak before T'oegye and Yulgok in Sixteenth-Century Korea Yi Hwang (T'oegye, 1501-1570) Yi I (Yulgok, 1536-1584) Why the Four-Seven Controversy Developed in Korea:Some Historical Reflections I. Philosophical Introduction: The Fruitful Four-Seven Legacy The Locus Classicus for the Ideas of the Four Beginnings and the Seven Emotions The Ch'eng-Chu Interpretation in China Questions 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 Seven T'oegye's Response to Kobong's First Challenge: The Distinction of the Four and the Seven Kobong's Second Challenge: The Inseparability of I and Ki and the Oneness of Human Nature T'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 Mind The Continuum of Feelings: The Four in the Seven The Oneness of Human Nature A Critique of T'oegye's Theory of Alternate Manifestation: The Working of Ki The Inseparability and Harmony of I and Ki IV. Practical Implications for T'oegye Principle and Self-Cultivation Feelings and the Learning of Mind-and-Heart (Simhak) Sagehood and the Learning of Reverential Seriousness (Kyonghak) Self-Cultivation as an Ethico-Spiritual Ideal V. Practical Implications For Yulgok Good And Evil: The Nourishment Of Ki Self-Cultivation And Emotional Integration Sagehood And Learning Sincerity (Songhak) Practical Learning (Sirhak) As An Ethico-Political Ideal VI. 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 Of The School Of The Primacy Ofki The Eclectic School Appendix 1 T'oegye's Diagram Of The Mind, Human Nature, And Feelings Appendix 2 Yulgok's Diagram Ofthe Human Mind And The Moral Mind Appendix 3 A Chronological And Annotated List Ofyi T'oegye's Major Writings Cited Appendix 4 A Chronological And Annotated List Ofyi Yulgok's Major Writings Cited Notes Glossary: Major Terms, Names, and Titles Cited Index Selected Bibliography

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• NCID: BA25674744
• ISBN:
  • 0791422755
  • 0791422763
• LCCN: 94025830
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 325 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B5253.F68
  • DC20 : 181/.112
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Four beginnings and seven feelings thesis
  • LCSH : Neo-Confucianism -- Korea
  • LCSH : Yi, Hwang, 1501-1570
  • LCSH : Yi, I, 1536-1584
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Korean
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23536284