Korean Philosophy

Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Guide to Romanization xiii

PARTI: GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN PHILOSOPHY

Continuity and Discontinuity of Traditional and 3 Modem Philosophy in Korea Lee Seung-hwan

Korean Thought: Its Development Pattern Examined 25 in the Context of Social Circumstances Pak Tong-hwan

PART II: CONFUCIANISM AND ITS MODERN IMPACT

Neo-Confuciarusm in the EarlyJoseon Dynasty: 43 Some Reflections on the Role of Ye Martina Deuchler • '

Jeong Do-jcon's Philosophy of Political Reform 55 Han Yeong-u vi Contents Contents vii

Toegye's Creative Interpretation of Zhu Xi's Philosophy , , ^ ?ART IV: PRACTICAL LEARNING: TRANSFORMATION of Principle OF TRADITION Tu Warning An Introduction to Silhak 293 Confucianism and Its Modern Transformation in Blast Asia 95 Michael':Cl kdtt&h Koh Byong-ik Yi Bi and Practical Learning 323 The Legacy of Confucian Culture and South Korean Politics 121 SongChu-yong and Economics: An Interpretation KihlYmingWhan Dasan's View of Man 337 LeeEul-ho Confucianism and Democracy in East Asia: A Critique of 145 Samuel P. Huntington's The Third Wave Jeong Yak-yong: The Man and His Thought 357 KangjungIn Han Yeong-u The Empiricism of Choe Han-gi 373 Park Chong-hong PARTffl: THE SPIRIT OF KOREAN BUDDHISM Word and Wordlessness: The Spirit of Korean Buddhism 169 ) KeelHee-Sung PART V: KOREAN PHILOSOPHY IN THE ERA OF Wonhyo and the Foundation of Korean Buddhism > , 185 IMPERIALISM AND MODERNIZATION Ko Ik-chin , , Human Liberation in Early Modern Korean Thought 399 Seon Buddhist Tradition in Korea as Reflected in 201 Keumjang-tae Jinul's Seon The Social Thought of the Independence Club 421 SimChae+yong , v Manhae's Understanding of Buddhism 225 The Philosophical World of Sin Chae-ho Huh Woosung 441 Buddhism in Modern Korea 257 On the Concepts of "New Korea" Envisioned Mokjeong-Bae 463 by Enlightenment Reformers Lee Sang-Ik viii Contents

Sin Nam-cheol's Adoption of Marxist Philosophy and ,,,, , 491 Its Korean Characteristics , , , Kimjae-hyun Ham Seok-hcon's National Spirit and Christian Thought 519 Park Joe Soon

Index-Glossary 555