This study examines ideas of self and self-cultivation as
developed during the first half of the Choson Dynasty (1392-1911) by
focusing on introductory texts or commentaries, diagrams, or Korean
annotations on the Great Learning. Moreover, given that much of this
material is pedagogical, how and to whom these ideas were presented
will also be examined. The scholars examined here were leading
thinkers during the first half of the Choson Dynasty— Kwon Kun
(1352-1409) helped introduce and lay the intellectual framework of
Ch'eng-Chu Neo-Confucianism in the early period of the Choson
Dyansty. T'oegye (1501-1570) is often seen as the foremost Confucian
scholar of the Choson period. His ideas served as the foundation of
a major school of thought during the Choson Dyansty, the Yongnam
school. The last scholar, Yulgok (1536-1584), is also seen as one of
the great scholars of the period. His ideas form the basis of the
other major school of thought in Korean Neo-Confucianism- the Kiho
school. Examining the ideas of these thinkers will reveal how ideas
of human nature and self-cultivation developed and changed over the
early course of the Choson Dynasty and how and to whom these
ideas were presented. / Arts, Faculty of / Asian Studies, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/13220 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Ralston, Michael Keith |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 16116401 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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