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The I Ching in Late-Choson Thought
- Korean Studies
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 24, 2000
- pp. 53-68
- 10.1353/ks.2000.0013
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The I ching (Book of changes) played an important role in the development of Korean thought and culture. This research examines the impact of the I ching on late-Choson Confucianism. It attempts to deepen our understanding of late-Choson Confucianism through a textual examination of its I ching scholarship, focusing on the Chu Hsi school in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the school of practical learning (sirhak) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The characteristics of I ching scholarship in late-Choson Korea are discussed from a comparative perspective.