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A Korean Confucian Way of Life and Thought - The Chas?ngnok (Record of Self-Reflection) by Yi Hwang (Yi T'oegye) (Paperback)
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A Korean Confucian Way of Life and Thought - The Chas?ngnok (Record of Self-Reflection) by Yi Hwang (Yi T'oegye) (Paperback)
Series: Korean Classics Library: Philosophy and Religion
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Yi Hwang (1501-1570)-best known by his literary name, T'oegye-is
one of the most eminent thinkers in the history of East Asian
philosophy and religion. His Chas?ngnok (Record of self-reflection)
is a superb Korean Neo-Confucian text: an eloquent collection of
twenty-two scholarly letters and four essays written to his close
disciples and junior colleagues. These were carefully selected by
T'oegye himself after self-reflecting (chas?ng) on his practice of
personal cultivation. The Chas?ngnok continuously guided T'oegye
and inspired others on the true Confucian way (including leading
Neo-Confucians in Tokugawa Japan) while it criticized Buddhism and
Daoism. Its philosophical merit rivals T'oegye's monumental S?nghak
sipto (Ten diagrams on sage learning) and ""Four-Seven Debate
Letters""; however, as a testament of T'oegye's character,
scholarship, and teaching, the Chas?ngnok is of greater interest.
The work engages with his holistic knowledge and experience of
self-cultivation by articulating textual and historical material on
various key doctrines and ideas. It is an inspiring practical guide
that reveals the depth of T'oegye's learning and spirituality. The
present volume offers a fully annotated translation of the
Chas?ngnok. Following a groundbreaking discussion of T'oegye's life
and ideas according to the Chas?ngnok and his other major writings,
it presents the core of his thought in six interrelated sections:
""Philosophy of Principle,"" ""Human Nature and Emotions,""
""Against Buddhism and Daoism,"" ""True Learning,""
""Self-Cultivation,"" and ""Reverence and Spiritual Cultivation.""
The bibliography offers a current catalogue of primary sources and
modern works in Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and English. As the
first comprehensive study of the Chas?ngnok, this book is a welcome
addition to current literature on Korean classics and East Asian
philosophy and religion. By presenting T'oegye's thought-provoking
contributions, it sheds new light on the vitality of Confucian
wisdom, thereby affording scholars and students with an excellent
primary source for East Asian studies in general and Confucian
studies in particular.
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