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

About the Author

Edward Y. J. Chung is Assistant Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, University of Prince Edward Island.