"This book explores Neo-Confucianism and its relationship to politics by examining the life and work of the two iconic figures of the Joseon dynasty Yi Hwang, (1501-1570, Toegye) and Yi I (1536-1584, Yulgok)"--.

• Cover
• Korean Confucianism
• Serirs Page
• Korean Confucianism: The Philosophy and Politics of Toegye and Yulgok
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
  • I.
  • II.
  • III.
  • The History of Korean Philosophy and the Rise of Neo-Confucianism
  • The Controversy on Confucianism and Buddhism
  • The Controversy on the Supreme Polarity
  • The Controversy on the Four Beginnings and Seven Feelings
  • The Controversies on Mourning Rites
  • The Controversy on Human Nature and the Thing’s Nature
  • The Controversy on Seohak (Catholicism)
  • Notes
• Chapter 1
• The First Encounter
  • A Difficult Decision: To Advance into the World or Retreat from It
  • “Excessive Praise”
  • Expectation and Resolution
  • Notes
• Chapter 2
• Yulgok Asks and Toegye Answers 1 (May 1558)
  • The Goal of Learning
  • Gyeong: Reverent Mindfulness
  • Theory into Practice
  • Understanding and Mastery
  • The Transmutation of Knowledge into Praxis
  • The Sages’ Authority
  • Notes
• Chapter 3
• The Four Beginnings and Seven Feelings
  • “The Diagram of the Mandate of Heaven”
  • Moral Feelings and the Original Moral Nature9
  • Li and Gi
  • Perspectives on Cause and Effect
  • The Sages’ Intentions
  • The Basis of Moral Feelings
  • The Functioning of Li as a Metaphor40
  • The Conclusion of the Controversy
  • After the Controversy I: “One’s Speech through which Li Arrives”
  • After the Controversy II: “Li Arrives of Its Own Accord”
  • After the Controversy III: Metaphysical Impulses
  • Notes
• Chapter 4
• Yulgok Asks and Toegye Answers 2
  • How to Read
  • Methods of Engagement in Self-Cultivation
  • On Perception
  • On the Cultivation of the Mind
  • On the Difference between a Sage and a Wise Man
  • Different Perspectives: Assimilation or Differentiation
  • The Way and Human Beings
  • Notes
• Chapter 5
• Yulgok Asks and Toegye Answers 3
  • The “Western Inscription”
  • “The Diagram of the Study of the Heart-Mind”
  • The Structure and Sequence of Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning
  • Notes
• Chapter 6
• The Four Beginnings and Seven Feelings; the Human Mind and the Moral Mind
  • The Human Mind and the Moral Mind
  • Innate Pure Nature and Physical Nature
  • Li Pervades and Gi Delimits
  • The Human Will: The Mind Expressed
  • A Summary of the Debate
  • Understanding and Evaluation of the Four-Seven Debate39
  • Notes
• Chapter 7
• The Politics of the Royal Court
  • The King and His Retainers
  • The Unified Mind of the King
  • The Royal Succession Based on Consanguinity and the Lineage of the Confucian Sages
  • Notes
• Chapter 8
• Conclusion
  • II. Original Texts (Translation Editions)
  • III. Books
  • IV. Critical Articles in Korean
  • V. Critical Articles in English
• Index
• About the Author
• About the Translators