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To Become a Sage: The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning
T´oegye Yi
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Hardback. Series: Neo-Confucian Studies S. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Yi Hwang (1501-1570), better known by his pen name T'oegye, is generally considered Korea's preeminent Neo-Confucian scholar. The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning is his final masterpiece, a distillation of the learning and practice of a lifetime, and one of the most important works of Korean Neo-Confucianism. In it he crystallized the essence of Neo-Confucian philosophy and spiritual practice in ten brief chapters that begin with the grand vision of the universe and conclude with a description of a well-lived day. In To Become a Sage, Michael Kalton supplements a superb translation of this pivotal text with useful commentary that ... Read more
Yi Hwang (1501-1570), better known by his pen name T'oegye, is generally considered Korea's preeminent Neo-Confucian scholar. The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning is his final masterpiece, a distillation of the learning and practice of a lifetime, and one of the most important works of Korean Neo-Confucianism. In it he crystallized the essence of Neo-Confucian philosophy and spiritual practice in ten brief chapters that begin with the grand vision of the universe and conclude with a description of a well-lived day. In To Become a Sage, Michael Kalton supplements a superb translation of this pivotal text with useful commentary that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Neo-Confucian Studies S.
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231064101
SKU
V9780231064101
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About T´oegye Yi
Michael C. Kalton is associate professor of East Asian religions at Wichita State University. Because of this book he was awarded the 1987 prize from the International T'oegyehak Study Institute, given for an outstanding contribution to the study of Neo-Confucian philosophy and of T'oegye studies. Kalton is the first Westerner to receive the prize.
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