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The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea, a pioneering study of Ch¿ng Chedu (Hagok, 1649-1736) and Korean Yangming Neo-Confucianism, includes an annotated translation of the Chon¿n, Hagok's most important work on self-cultivation, and a comprehensive introduction to his life, scholarship, and thought.
List of contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Citation Style
Note on the Chon¿n and Selecting Its Sections for Translation
Abbreviations
Notes to Preface, Note on Translation, Translation, and Citation Style, and Note on the Chon¿n and Selecting Its Sections for Translation
Translator's Introduction
I. Ch¿ng Hagok's Life and Scholarship
II. The Chon¿n and the Heart of Hagok's Thought
Notes to the Introduction
Translation: The Chon¿n (Testament)
Part I: Hagok ch¿njip, vol. 1, pp. 285-297
Part II: Hagok ch¿njip, vol. 1, pp. 298-309
Part III: Hagok ch¿njip, vol. 1, pp. 310-319
Notes to the Translation
Glossary of Key Terms, Names, and Titles Cited
Bibliography
About the author
Edward Y. J. Chung is Asian studies director and professor of religious studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Summary
The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea, a pioneering study of Chong Chedu (Hagok, 1649–1736) and Korean Yangming Neo-Confucianism, includes an annotated translation of the Chonon, Hagok’s most important work on self-cultivation, and a comprehensive introduction to his life, scholarship, and thought.
