The notion of qi/gi (¿) is one of the most pervasive notions found within the various areas of the East Asian intellectual and cultural traditions. While the pervasiveness of the notion provides us with an opportunity to observe the commonalities amongst the East Asian intellectual and cultural traditions, it also allows us to observe the differences. This book focuses more on understanding the different meanings and logics that the notion of qi/gi has acquired within the East Asian traditions for the purpose of understanding the diversity of these traditions. This volume begins to fulfill this task by inquiring into how the notion was understood by traditional Korean philosophers, in addition to investigating how the notion was understood by traditional Chinese philosophers.
The notion of qi/gi (¿) is one of the most pervasive notions found within the various areas of the East Asian intellectual and cultural traditions. While the pervasiveness of the notion provides us with an opportunity to observe the commonalities amongst the East Asian intellectual and cultural traditions, it also allows us to observe the differences. This book focuses more on understanding the different meanings and logics that the notion of qi/gi has acquired within the East Asian traditions for the purpose of understanding the diversity of these traditions. This volume begins to fulfill this task by inquiring into how the notion was understood by traditional Korean philosophers, in addition to investigating how the notion was understood by traditional Chinese philosophers.
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
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.
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*
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