Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sō, Kyōñ-Tok (1489-1546)
Rubrique de classement : [Oeuvres choisies (anglais). 2023]
Titre(s) : The master from mountains and fields [Texte imprimé] : prose writings of Hwadam, Sŏ Kyŏngdŏ / translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Isabelle Sancho
Publication : Honolulu (Hawaii) : University of Hawaiʻi Press, impr. 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvi-241 pages) ; 24 cm
Collection : Korean classics library : philosophy and religion
Lien à la collection : Korean classics library. Philosophy and religion
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 219-231. Index
Texte en anglais traduit du coréen
"The Master from Mountains and Fields is a fully annotated translation of the prose
texts from the "collected works" of Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk (1489-1546), an influential Confucian
scholar from the early Chosŏn period (1392-1910). A native of Songdo (also known
as Kaesŏng) in present-day North Korea, Sŏ has loomed large in the Korean cultural
imagination and appeared as an exceptional sage and popular hero in numerous tales,
dramas, and films, yet his writings are little known outside the academic milieu.
Also called Master Hwadam, Sŏ embodied an archetype of the secluded scholar who remains
hidden in "mountains and forests" to devote himself to his studies. Held in esteem
in both South and North Korea today (a notable exception in contemporary studies on
Chosŏn Neo-Confucianism), Sŏ and his ideas about Vital Energy influenced the great
Korean Neo-Confucian debates of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries surrounding
the psychophysiological origins of morality as well as various non-orthodox intellectual
trends in the late Chosŏn. His thought is fundamentally rooted in the cosmology based
on the exegesis of the Book of Changes and follows the teachings of various early
Chinese Neo-Confucian thinkers; it presents a vivid example of the eclectic nature
of ideas and intellectual trends coexisting within what is generically called Neo-Confucianism
out of convenience. This volume presents the first English translation of all prose
writings attributed to Sŏ and most of the peritexts from his posthumously published
collection Hwadam chip. It reflects the importance of literary compilations (munjip)
in the intellectual history of Chosŏn and the complex process of the making of Confucian
masters in Korea. Sŏ's prose works are concise and diverse and offer a glimpse at
an author who thwarts stereotyping; an introduction and annotations provide further
context. The lengthy endnotes that accompany each text make this a useful handbook
for anybody interested in Chosŏn Korea and Confucianism, from students in East Asian
and Korean studies to specialists in literary Chinese (hanmun) or East Asian intellectual
history"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Sancho, Isabelle. Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Prose writings of Hwadam, Sŏ Kyŏngdŏ
Sujet(s) : Néo-confucianisme -- Corée
Corée -- 1392-1637
Genre ou forme : Littérature coréenne -- Avant 1600
Indice(s) Dewey :
181.119 (23e éd.) = Philosophie orientale - Corée
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780824893637 (rel.). - ISBN 0824893638
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47122006k
Notice n° :
FRBNF47122006
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
