The Fourseven Debate: An Annotated Translation Of The Most Famous Controversy In Korean Neoconfucian Thought (S U N Y Series I,Used

This Book Is An Annotated Translation, With Introduction And Commentary, Of The Correspondence Between Yi Hwang (T'Oegye, 15001570) And Ki Taesung (Kobong, 15271572) And Between Yi I (Yulgok, 15361584) And Song Hon (Ugye, 15351598), Known As The Fourseven Debate, The Most Famous Philosophical Controversy In Korean Neoconfucian Thought. The Most Complex Issues And Difficult Tensions In The Great Neoconfucian Synthesis Are At The Juncture Between The Metaphysics Of The Cosmos And The Human Psyche. The Fourseven Debate Is Perhaps The Most Searching Examination Of This Tension Ever Carried Out. 'This Book Introduces To An Englishreading Audience An Extremely Important Issue In Korean Neoconfucianism. Moreover, It Shows How That Philosophical Debate Was Really About Practical Issues That Arise In The Course Of Moral Cultivation. I Find This Book, Particularly The Introduction, The Most Lucid Account Of The Origin, Course, And Significance Of The Fourseven Debate Available In Any Language Other Than Korean, And It Is Better Than Most Of The Korean Material. 'The Fourseven Debate Has Relevance Far Beyond Korean Intellectual History. This Book Should Be Useful To People Interested In Philosophical Or Moral Issues From A Wide Variety Of Cultural Traditions. It Will Bring The Fourseven Debate To The Attention Of Scholars And Writers Exploring Questions Of Evil And The Human Condition Who Would Otherwise Have Been Unaware Of It.' Don Baker, University Of British Columbia