Philosophical Interactions between "East and West": China, Korea, Europe and the Case of Dasan (Jeong Yak-yong, 1762–1836)

Jana S. ROŠKER

doi:10.4312/as.2014.2.2.111-125

Authors

Jana S. ROŠKER University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2014.2.2.111-125

Keywords:

Korean Confucianism, Dasan, the School of Practical Learning, silhak, sangje

Abstract

Though the Confucian system of thought, society, and government has a long history in Korea, Chinese Confucian scholars, preoccupied with the urgency of “saving the Confucian essence” used only Japan as a reference in Asia. Therefore, the present article aims to introduce Dasan 茶山 (Jeong Yak-yong 정약용, 1762–1836), who was one of the main representatives of Korean Confucian philosophy. It exposes his significance for the full-range understanding of the landscape of this important traditional East Asian stream of thought as well as for the intellectual syntheses between Confucian teachings and the Christian religion. The author analyses Dasan’s thought from the Sinological perspective and exposes several elements which represent an elaboration and an upgrading of traditional Chinese Neo-Confucian philosophy.

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Author Biography

Jana S. ROŠKER, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Professor and Head of Sinology, Department of Asian and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, University in Ljubljana, Slovenia

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