Korean Confucianism - Selected Bibliography
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I. Translations and Anthologies
Chan, Wing-tsit
1963a A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton University Press.
Chan, Wing-tsit, trans.
1963b Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings by Wang Yang- ming. NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress.
1967 Reflections on Things at Hand: the Neo-Confucian Anthology by Chu Hsi and Lü Tsu- Ch’ien. New York: Columbia University Press.
De Bary, William, T., et al.
1960 Sources of the Chinese Tradition. New York: Columbia University Press.
Kalton, Michael C., trans.
1988 To Become A Sage: The Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning by Yi T’oegye. New York: Columbia University Press.
Lau, D. C., trans.
1970 Mencius. New York: Penguin Books.
1979 Confucius: Analects (Lun yü). New York: Penguin Books.
Legge, James, trans.
1970 The Chinese Classics, 5 vols. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, reprint.
II. Modern Works in Western Languages:
(cited or consulted for annotation or commentary in the Notes)
Berthrong, John
1994 All Under Heaven: Transforming Paradigms of Confucian-Christian Dialogue. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
2000 Confucianism: A Short Introduction. OneWorld Publications.
Berger, Peter L. and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, eds.
1988 In Search of an East Asian Development Model. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books.
Bruno, Antonetta L.
2006 “A Shamanic Ritual for Sending On the Dead.” In Robert E. Buswell Jr., ed. Religions of Korea in Practice, 325-54.
Buswell, Robert E. Jr. ed.
2006 Religions of Korea in Practice. Princeton Readings in Religions. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Chan, Wing-tsit, ed.
1986 Chu Hsi and Neo-Confucianism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Ching, Julia
1977 Confucianism and Christianity: A Comparative Study. New York and Tokyo: KodanshaInternational.
1989 “Confucianism: Ethical Humanism as Religion – Julia Ching: Chinese Perspectives.” In Hans Küng and Julia Ching, Christianity and Chinese Religion, pp. 59-91. New York: Doubleday.
1993 Chinese Religions. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
2000 The Religious Thought of Chu Hsi. Toronto and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ch’oe, Yong-ho
1987 The Civil Examinations and the Social Structure in the Early Yi Dynasty Korea: 1392-1600. Seoul: The Korea Research Center.
Chung, Edward, Y.J.
1992a “The Wang Yang-ming School of Neo-Confucianism in Modern Korean Intellectual History,” Korean Culture 13, no. 3 (Fall 1992): 14-23.
1992b “Yi Yulgok, a Neo-Confucian Political Reformer in Sixteenth-Century Korea,” in Bernard H. Luk, ed., Contacts Between Cultures (Eastern Asia: History and Social Sciences), Selected Papers from the 33rd International Congress of the Asian and North African Studies. Lewiston/Queenston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, vol. 4, pp. 171-175.
1994a “Confucianism and Women in Modern Korea: Continuity, Change and Conflict.” In A. Sharma and K. Young, eds. The Annual Review of Women in World Religions 3:142-188.
1994b “Confucianism: A Living Religious Tradition in Contemporary Korea.” Korean Studies in Canada 2:12-23.
1995a The Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi T’oegye and Yi Yulgok: A Reappraisal of the Four- Seven Thesis and Its Practical Implications for Self-Cultivation. Albany: SUNY Press.
1995b “Confucian Ethics in Contemporary Korea: A Common National Discourse.” Korean Culture 16: 12-20.
1998a “Confucian-Christian Dialogue Revisited: A Korean and Comparative Study.” Chonggyo-wa munwha (Journal of Religion and Culture) IV:221-249. Seoul National University.
1998b “Yi Yulgok on Mind, Human Nature, and Emotions: A Korean Neo-Confucian Interpretation Revisited,” Monumenta Serica - Journal of Oriental Studies 46 (Dec. 1998): 265-290.
2004 “Confucian Spirituality in Yi T’oegye: A Korean Interpretation and Its Implications for Comparative Religion.” In Tu Weiming and Mary Evelyn Tucker, eds., Confucian Spirituality, vol. 2B, pp. 204-225.
2006 “Confucian Li (Ritual) and Family Spirituality: Reflections on Ancestral Rites in Contemporary Korea.” A paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of AAR, Washington, DC, Nov. 17-21.
2009 “Sagehood and Religious Practice in Yi T’oegye’s Neo-Confucianism.” In Literature And Thought of Yi T’oegye: Program for the22nd International Conference on T’oegye Studies (Aug. 27-30, 2009), The International T’oegyehak Society, pp. 263-291.
2010a “T’oegye’s Religious Thought: A Neo-Confucian and Comparative Perspective.” In East Asian Confucianisms: Interactions and Innovations. New Brunswick, NJ: Confucius Institute and Rutgers University Press, pp. 193-210.
2010b “Yi T’oegye (1501-1570) on Self-Transcendence.” In Acta Koreana vol. 13, no.2 (December 2010): 31-46.
2011a “Self‑Transcendence as the Ultimate Reality in Interreligious Dialogue: A Neo‑Confucian Perspective.” Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses vol. 40, no. 2 (June 2011): 152-178.
2011b “Yi T’oegye on Reverence (Kyǒng) for Nature: A Modern Neo-Confucian Ecological Vision” vol. 14, no. 2 (Dec. 2011): 93-111.
De Bary, William T.
1981 Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy and the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart. NewYork: University Press.
De Bary, William T., ed.
1975 The Unfolding of Neo-Confucianism. New York: Columbia University Press.
De Bary, Wm. T. and I. Bloom, eds.
1979 Principle and Practicality: Essays in Neo- Confucianism and Practical Learning. New York: Columbia University Press.
De Bary William T. and JaHyun Kim Haboush, eds.
1985 The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in Korea. New York: Columbia University Press.
Deuchler, Martina
1977 “The Tradition: Women During the Yi Dynasty.” In Sandra Mattielli, ed., Virtues in Conflict: Tradition and the Korean Women Today. Seoul: The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, the Samhwa Publishing Co. Ltd.
1985 “Reject the False and Uphold the Straight: Attitudes Toward Heterodox Thought in Early Yi Korea.” In de Bary and Haboush, eds. The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in Korea.
1992 The Confucian Transformation of Korea: A Study of Society and Ideology. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 36. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Dredge, Paul
1987 “Korean Funerals: Ritual As Process.” In Laurel Kendall and Griffin Dix Religion and Ritual in Korean Society.
Duncan, John B.
2002 “Examinations and Orthodoxy in Chosŏn Korea” In Benjamin A, Elman et al. eds., Rethinking Confucianism; Past and Present in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, pp. 95-115.
Ebrey, Patricia B.
1991 Chu Hsi’s Family Rituals: A Twelfth-Century Chinese Manual for the Performance of Cappings, Weddings, Funerals, and Ancestral Rites (Princeton Library of Asian Translations). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Ellwood, Robert S.
2000 “East Asian Religions in Today’s America,” in Jacob Neusner, ed. World Religions in America: An Introduction, revised and expanded. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press (first print, 1994).
Elman, Benjamin A, John B. Duncan, and Herman Ooms, eds.
2002 Rethinking Confucianism; Past and Present in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Los Angeles: UCLA Asian Pacific Monograph Series.
Gardner, Daniel K.
2007 The Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition. Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company.
1986 Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsüeh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon. Cambridge, Mass.: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University.
Haboush, Kim JaHyun
1988 A Heritage of Kings: One Man’s Monarchy in the Confucian World. New York: Columbia University Press.
1991 “Confucianization of Korean Society.” In Gilbert Rozman, ed. The East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
2002 “Gender and the Politics of Language in Chosŏn Korea” In Benjamin A, Elman et al. eds., Rethinking Confucianism; Past and Present in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, pp. 220-257.
Han, Yongu
1983 “Chǒng Yag-yong: The Man and His Thought,” in Main Currents of Korean Thought Seoul: Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
Ilyon
1972 Samguk yusa: Legends and history of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea, translated by Ha Tae-Hung and Grafton Mintz. Seoul: Yonsei University Press.
Janelli, Roger L., and Dawnhee Yim Janelli
1982 Ancestor Worship and Korean Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Kalton, Michael
1981 “Chǒng Tasan’s Philosophy of Man: A Radical Critique of the Neo-Confucian World View,” Journal of Korean Studies 3 (1981): 3–37.
Kang, Hugh, ed.,
1975 The Traditional Culture and Society of Korea: Thought and Institutions. Honolulu: Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaii Press.
Kelleher, Theresa
1987 “Confucianism.” In Sharma Arvind and Catherine Young, eds., Women in World Religions. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press.
Kendall, Laurel
1985 Shamans, Housewives, and Other Spirits: Women in Korean Ritual Life. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Kendall, Laurel, and Griffin Dix, eds.
1987 Religion and Ritual in Korean Society. Berkeley: Center for Korean Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Keum, Jangtae
1998a Confucianism and Korean Thoughts. 2 vols (translated from the original Korean edition) Seoul: Jimoondang Publishing Co.
Kim, Yung-Chung, trans. and ed.
1976 Women of Korea: A History from Ancient Times to1945. An abridged and translated edition of Han’guk Yŏsŏngsa. Seoul: Ewha Women’s University Press.
Kǔm Changt’ae
1986 “Tasan on Western Learning and Confucianism,” Korea Journal 26, no. 2 (Feb. 1986).
Küng, Hans and Julia Ching
1989 Christianity and Chinese Religions. New York: Doubleday.
Lee, Jung Young, ed.
1985 Christianity and Ancestor Worship in Korea, Studies in Asian Thought and Religions, vol. 8. Lewiston, Queenston, and Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press.
Lee, Peter H., D. Baker, Y. Ch’oe, H. H. W. Kang, and Han-Kyo Kim, eds.
1992 Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press.
Lee, Peter H. and Wm. T. de Bary, eds. (with Yongho Ch’oe and Hugh H.W. Kang)
1997 Sources of Korean Tradition, vol. I: From Early Times through the Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press.
Mullinax, Marc
1994 “Does Confucius Yet Live?: Answers from Korean American Churches,” a paper presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the AAR, Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 19-22.
Neville, Robert C.
2000 Boston Confucianism: Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World. Albany: SUNY Press.
Palais, James B.
1975 Politics and Policies in Traditional Korea. Harvard East Asian Series 82. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
2002 “Confucianism and Economic Development in South Korea.” In Benjamin A, Elman et al. eds., Rethinking Confucianism; Past and Present in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, pp. 489-517.
Palmer, Spencer
1985 Confucian Rituals in Korea. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press.
Ro, Young-chan
1985 “Ancestor Worship: From the Perspective of Korean Tradition.” In Christianity and Ancestor Worship in Korea, Studies in Asian Thought and Religions, vol. 8, edited by Jung Young Lee.
1989 The Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi Yulgok. Albany: SUNY Press.
Robinson, Michael E.
1991 “Perceptions of Confucianism in Twentieth-Century Korea.” In G. Rozman, ed., The East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation.
Rosemont H. and Ames R.
2009 Chinese Classic of Family Reverence: A Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojing. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Rozman, Gilbert ed.
1991 The East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Setton, Mark
1997 Chŏng Yagyong: Korea’s Challenge to Orthodox Neo-Confucianism. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Smith, Douglas C., ed.
1991 The Confucian Continuum: Educational Modernization in Taiwan. New York: Praeger.
Steinburg, David I.
1989 The Republic of Korea: Economic Transformation and Social Change. Boulder: Westview Press.
Tai, Hung-chao
1989 “The Oriental Alternative: An Hypothesis on Culture and Economy.” In Hung-chao Tai, ed. Confucianism and Economic Development: An Oriental Alternative? Washington, D.C.: Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy 6-37.
Taylor, Rodney
1991 Religious Dimensions of Neo-Confucianism. Albany: SUNY Press.
Tu, Weiming
1979 Humanity and Self-Cultivation: Essays in Confucian Thought. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1979.
1985 Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Self-Transformation. SUNY Press.
1989 Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Confucian Religiousness [A revised and enlarged edition of Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Chung-yung]. Albany: SUNY Press.
Tu, Weiming, ed.
1996 Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity: Moral Education and Economic Culture in JapanandtheFourMini-Dragons. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Tu, Weiming, M. Hejtmanek, and A. Wachman. eds.
1992 The Confucian World Observed: Contemporary Discussion of Confucian Humanism in East Asia. Honolulu: The East-West Center.
Tu, Weiming and Mary Evelyn Tucker, eds.
2004 Confucian Spirituality, vol. 11b. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company.
Vogel, Ezra F.
1991 The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Walraven, Boudewijn
2006 “Shamans, the Family, and Women.” In Robert E. Buswell Jr., ed. Religions of Korea in Practice, 306-24.
Weber, Max
1968 The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, translated by H. M. Gerth. New York: Free Press.
1976 Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, translated by T. Parsons London: George Allen and Unwin.
Yi Songmu
1985 “The Influence of Neo-Confucianism on Education and the Civil Service Examination in Fourteen- and Fifteenth-Century Korea.” In de Bary and Kim Haboush. pp.59-88.
Yi Ul-ho
1985 “Tasan’s View of Man,” Korea Journal 25, no. 9 (Sept. 1985).
Yun, Sa‑soon
1991 Critical Issues in Neo‑Confucian Thought: The Philosophy of Yi T’oegye. Translated by Michael Kalton from the 1980 Korean edition. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
III. East Asian Works: Anthologies and Modern Studies
�(cited or consulted for annotation, commentary, or interpretation in the Notes and Introduction)
Abe Yoshio
1977 Chōsen no Shushigaku Nihon no Shushigaku (Korean Zhu Xi school and Japanese Zhu Xi school), Abe Yoshio, et. al. Shushigaku taikei (Great compendium on the Zhu Xi school), vol. 12. Tokyo: Meitoku shuppansha.
Hyŏn Sangyun
1982 Chosŏn yuhaksa (History of Korean Confucianism), reprint. Seoul: Hyǒnǔmsa.
Kim, Sunghae
1988 “Han’guk Kadorik kyohoe-ŭi t’och’ak sinhak (Indigenous theology of the Korean Catholic Church), Chonggyo sinhak yŏn’gu (Studies in religion and theology), 1:357-376.
Kŭm, Changt’ae
1989 Han’guk Yugyo-ŭi ihae (Understanding Korean Confucianism). Seoul: Minjok munhwasa.
1980 Yugyo-wa Han’guk sasang (Confucianism and Korean thought). Seoul: Sǒnggyun’gwan University Press
Korean Catholic church
1995 Samok chich’imsŏ (Handbook of church and pastoral services). Seoul: Korean Catholic Council of Bishops. In Korean. No date.
Sangjerye yŏn’gu t’ukp’ŏl wiwŏnhoe (Special council on the study of funeral and ancestral rites)
1997 Sangjerye yesiksŏ (Ceremonial guidelines for funeral and ancestral rites). Seoul: Han’guk samok yŏn’gu wiwŏnhoe (Catholic institute of church and pastoral studies in Korea). Unpublished manuscript in Korean.
Sŏnggyun’gwan, ed.
1991 Yurim p’yŏllam (Concise handbook for Confucians). Seoul: Yudoh’oe ch’ongbonbu (Headquarters of the Korean Society for the Confucian Way).
1997 Uri-ŭi saenghwal yejŏl (Rites and etiquettes for our daily living). Seoul: Sǒnggyun’gwan Press.
Yi Pyǒngdo
1986 Han’guk yuhak saryak (An Outline history of Korean Confucianism). Seoul: Asea moonhwasa.
Yi Sangǔn
1973 T’oegye-ŭi saengae-wa hangmun (T’oegye’s life and learning). Seoul: Sŏmundang.
Illustrations: 19 photos
Photos 1a-c (ch. 2): three pictures on the Sŏnggyun’gwan, Seoul, Korea.
Photos 2a-b (ch. 3): Yi T’oegye’s portraits (second one on Korean paper money - 1000 won).
Photos 3a-b (ch. 3): Yi Yulgok’s portraits (second one on Korean paper money - 5000 won).
Photos 4 (ch. 3): Chŏng Tasan’s portrait.
Photos 5a-b (ch. 9): two photos of the typical ancestral ritual table of food and related offerings on the Korean New Year’s Day.
Photos 6a-b (ch. 9): two photos of the sebae prostration custom as special greetings on the Korean New Year’s Day.
Photos 7a-b (ch. 9): two photos of the ritual initiation reading and prostration at the Tosan Confucian Academy’s ancestral rite for Master Yi T’oegye.
Photos 7b [Tosan Academy’s chesa ancestral rite for Yi T’oegye]: Tosan Academy
Photos 8a [General Secretary of the UN, Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s ancestral rite in his hometown on the Ch’useŏk holiday]: Yonhap News
Photos 8b [General Secretary of the UN, Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s ancestral rite in his hometown on the Ch’useŏk holiday]: Yonhap News
Photos 9a [Ch’useŏk (harvest) holiday charye ancestral rite]: Yonhap News
Photos 9b [Ch’useŏk (harvest) holiday charye ancestral rite]: Yonhap News
Photo 10 [Ancestral ritual table with offerings and ancestral portraits]: Mr. Son, Sung-Hoon</Story>
