Conventional portraits of Neo-Confucianism in China are built on
studies of scholars active in the south, yet Xue Xuan (1389-1464),
the first Ming Neo-Confucian to be enshrined in the Temple to
Confucius, was a northerner. Why has Xue been so overlooked in the
history of Neo-Confucianism? In this first systematic study in
English of the highly influential thinker, author Khee Heong Koh
seeks to redress Xue's marginalization while showing how a study
interested mainly in "ideas" can integrate social and intellectual
history to offer a broader picture of history.
Significant in its attention to Xue as well as its approach, the
book situates the ideas of Xue and his Hedong School in comparative
perspective. Koh first provides in-depth analysis of Xue's
philosophy, as well as his ideas on kinship organizations,
educational institutions, and intellectual networks, and then
places them in the context of Xue's life and the actual practices
of his descendants and students. Through this new approach to
intellectual history, Koh demonstrates the complexity of the
Neo-Confucian tradition and gives voice to a group of northern
scholars who identified themselves as Neo-Confucians but had a
vision that was distinctly different from their southern
counterparts.
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