Yi Hwang (Toegye) 1501 – 1570
Yi Hwang (Toegye) (1501 – 1570) was a Korean philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Confucianism.
Yi Hwang, known by his pen name Toegye, was a Korean Joseon dynasty Confucian scholar and the most influential Korean philosopher in the Neo-Confucian tradition of Zhu Xi. He served briefly in court office and devoted most of his life to teaching and writing at the Dosan Seowon, the Confucian academy he founded. His Ten Diagrams of Sage Learning, prepared for the young king Seonjo, presents in concise form a complete program of Neo-Confucian self-cultivation, while his long correspondence with Gi Daeseung on the relation of principle and material force shaped Korean Confucian metaphysics for centuries. His portrait appears on the Korean thousand-won note.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Korean
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Confucianism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Yi Hwang (Toegye):
“Without sincerity there is no transformation of the self.”
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Attributed to Yi Hwang (Toegye):
“Reverence is the gate of all virtue.”
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Attributed to Yi Hwang (Toegye):
“Self-cultivation is the foundation of governance.”
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Attributed to Yi Hwang (Toegye):
“Principle and material force are not two, yet not one.”
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Attributed to Yi Hwang (Toegye):
“The student must hold his mind together with reverence and let it expand with study.”
Yi Hwang (Toegye) by topic
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- Yi Hwang (Toegye) was a Korean philosopher of the Modern era.
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