Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-5797-9 • Hardback • December 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-5798-6 • eBook • December 2018 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Suk Gabriel Choi is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Asian Studies Program at Towson University.
Jung-Yeup Kim is associate professor of philosophy at Kent State University.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding the Diversity of Qi/Gi - Suk Gabriel Choi and Jung-Yeup Kim
Chapter 2 Zhang Zai’s Philosophy of Qi - Jung-Yeup Kim
Chapter 3 Some Aspects of the Concept of Qi in Zhu Xi- Yung Sik Kim
Chapter 4 Dai Zhen’s Idea of Qi and His Critique of Neo-Confucianism - Suk Gabriel Choi
Chapter 5 Gwon Geun and Dasan on the Nature of the Mind-Heart - Halla Kim
Chapter 6 Toegye’s and Gobong’s Li-Qi Metaphysics and the Four-Seven Debate - Bongrae Seok
Chapter 7 Yi Yulgok on Gi/Qi, Self-Cultivation, and Practical Learning - Edward Y. J. Chung
Chapter 8 An Investigation of Hong Daeyong’s Gi Worldview - Jung-Yeup Kim
Chapter 9 The Position of Hyegang’s Philosophy in the History of World Philosophy - Jeong-Woo Lee
Chapter 10 Philosophizing “Jigi 至氣” of Donghak 東學 as Experienced Ultimate Reality - So Jeong Park
This anthology offers a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of the significance of qi/gi in Chinese and Korean neo-Confucianism. Essential reading for those who want to understand the diversity of approaches to this concept in East Asian thought.— Timothy Connolly, East Stroudsburg University
This book is a comprehensive investigation of the concept of qi/gi, one of the essential concepts in understanding the East Asian world view, cultures, and ways of thinking. This is an excellent analysis of the diverse theories of various scholars who followed the school of qi/gi in China and Korea.— Young-Chan Ro, George Mason University
This book touches on diverse aspects of Qi philosophy, a body of philosophical discourses on the most categorical concept in East Asian ways of thinking and living, through introduction and analyses of influential thinkers’ theories from both Korea and China. It is a ground-breaking academic contribution that caters to the need to clearly understand how significantly, and divergently, the concept qi has been integrated into the nexus of East Asian philosophy.
— Hongkyung Kim, Stony Brook University
The present volume, which contains ten highly informative chapters competently selected and edited by philosophers Choi and Kim, greatly contributes to the lively interdisciplinary discussion surrounding the qì phenomenon. Among the latest book-length publications on the topic, several have dealt with how ancient Chinese qì cultivation practices could be adapted to and made good use of in our modern-day globalized cultures and societies. This volume, however, zeroes in on how the Chinese teachings on qì have been challenged and modified by Korean thinkers over the years: modified, or rather, transformed, at times, to a rather radical extent. [This book] is warmly recommended to students and scholars of East Asian religious and intellectual history.
— Religious Studies Review