| The Four-Seven Debate: An Annotated Translation of the Most Famous Controversy in Korean Neo-Confucian Thought Contributor(s): Kalton, Michael C. (Author), Kim, Oaksook C. (With), Park, Sung Bae (With) |
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ISBN: 0791417522 ISBN-13: 9780791417522 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1994 Annotation: This book is an annotated translation, with introduction and commentary, of the correspondence between Yi Hwang (T'oygye, 1500-1570) and Ki Taesung (Kobong, 1527-1572) and between Yi I (Yulgok, 1536-1584) and Song Hon (Ugye, 1535-1598), known as the Four-Seven Debate, the most famous philosophical controversy in Korean Neo-Confucian thought. The most complex issues and difficult tensions in the great Neo-Confucian synthesis are at the juncture between the metaphysics of the cosmos and the human psyche. The Four-Seven Debate is perhaps the most searching examination of this tension ever carried out. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 181.119 |
| LCCN: 93012299 |
| Series: Suny Korean Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.85" W x 8.96" (0.78 lbs) 253 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an annotated translation, with introduction and commentary, of the correspondence between Yi Hwang (T'oegye, 1500-1570) and Ki Taesung (Kobong, 1527-1572) and between Yi I (Yulgok, 1536-1584) and Song Hon (Ugye, 1535-1598), known as the Four-Seven Debate, the most famous philosophical controversy in Korean Neo-Confucian thought. The most complex issues and difficult tensions in the great Neo-Confucian synthesis are at the juncture between the metaphysics of the cosmos and the human psyche. The Four-Seven Debate is perhaps the most searching examination of this tension ever carried out. |