4. The Four-Seven Debate between Yi Toegye and Gi Gobong and Its Philosophical Purport

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editors’ Preface vii
4. Editor’s Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction: Destinies and Prospects of the Confucian Traditions in Modern East Asia 1
7. PART I: Classical Confucianism and Its Modern Reinterpretations
8. 1. Mou Zongsan’s Interpretation of Confucianism: Some Hermeneutical Reflections 13
9. 2. Modern New Confucians on the Religiousness of Confucianism 26
10. PART II: Neo-Confucianism in China and Korea
11. 3. The Debate on Ren between Zhu Xi and Huxiang Scholars 41
12. 4. The Four-Seven Debate between Yi Toegye and Gi Gobong and Its Philosophical Purport 54
13. PART III: Ethics and Politics
14. 5. Wang Yangming’s Philosophy and Modern Theories of Democracy: A Reconstructive Interpretation 79
15. 6. Confucianism, Kant, and Virtue Ethics 92
16. 7. A Critique of Jiang Qing’s “Political Confucianism” 102
17. Notes 113
18. Bibliography 135
19. Index 149