Korea's Great Buddhist-Confucian Debate
The Treatises of Chong Tojon (Sambong) and Hamho Tuktong (Kihwa)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23525276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Charles Muller (0000-0001-8612-890X) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Korea's Great Buddhist-Confucian Debate (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawai'i Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21313/hawaii/9780824853808.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4235369023 |
| ISBN | 9780824853808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The relationship between Confucianism and Buddhism—long and complex—starts with the earliest period of transmission of Buddhism to China, and continues to develop in various ways throughout East Asian cultures up through the nineteenth century. There was initially a basic level of compatibility between the two traditions that allowed them to thrive in the same cultural sphere. But their ongoing activity also led to strong competition for the hearts of believers, and for the support of rulers. An important component of this competition was ongoing philosophical debate, which gradually developed in terms of sophistication, most dramatically with the appearance of Song Confucian thinkers such as the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi, along with new developments in Buddhist thought and practice seen in Huayan and Chan Buddhism. It is in Korea, during the end of Koryŏ and beginning of the Chosŏn dynasties, where the debate between these two traditions reaches its climax, in the writings of the Confucian scholar Chŏng Tojŏn (1342-1398) and the Sŏn Buddhist monk Kihwa (1376-1433). This book provides annotated translations of the major treatises of these two figures, along with a substantial introduction to the major East Asian philosophical developments that both allowed for, and stimulated this debate.
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · China · East Asia · Literature · Sophistication · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |