[Korean study series 10]

The main stream of Korean culture after the 15th century was rooted in the soil of Confucianism, and the contemporary Korean society remains within the boundary of Confucian influence. For this reason, Korean Confucianism should be taken as the starting point for understanding the nature and characteristics of Korean society in general.

15세기 이후 한국문화의 주류는 유교의 토양에 뿌리를 내리고 있었고 현대한국사회도 여전히 유교의 영향권에 들어 있다. 그러므로 한국유교는 한국사회 전반의 성격과 특징을 이해하기 위한 출발점으로 삼아야 한다.

Ⅰ. Heaven and Man in Neo-Confucianism
-The Conept of the Ultimate in Neo-Confucianism
-Understanding the Human Being in Korean Confucianism
-Redefinition of Confucian Ethics in Contemporary Society

Ⅱ. History and Culture of Korean Confucianism
-Characteristics of Korean Confucianism
-The Mind of the Confucian Literati and Scholar-officials, Sonbi, in Korean Confucianism
-Mountains : Home of Korean Thought

Ⅲ. Tohak, Neo-Confucianism in Korea
-Yi Hwang and Cho Shik : Learning and Cultivation
-Yi I's Political and Social Thought
-Ideas on Heaven and the Human in the Thought of Song Shi-yol and Yun Hui

Ⅳ. Practical Learning and Western Learning
-The Emergence and Evolution of Shihak Thought
-Doctrinal Disputes Between Confucianism and Western Thought
-Tasan on Western Learning and Confucianism

Ⅴ. Confucian Religious Reform
-Confucian Religious Movements in Modern Korean Confucianism
-Human Liberation in Early Modern Korean Thought