Ŏjŏng Chusŏ paeksŏn or Eojeong Juseo baekseon 御定朱書百選 Royally Authorized Selection of One Hundred Letters

by Zhu Xi by King of Korea ChŎNgjo 正祖

$7,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

92.5; 95 folding leaves. Two vols. Small folio, orig. yellow-brown patterned wrappers some soiling to wrappers , old stitching. Chŏnju today’s Jeonju : 1795 or possibly later.A selection of 100 letters written by Zhu Xi 1130-1200 , the great synthesizer of the philosophical school known as Neo-Confucianism. Zhu Xi, who lived in southeastern coastal China far from the center of power, became extremely influential in East Asia for centuries

• Binding: Wrappers

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