Kŭnsarok 近思錄 Reflections on Things at Hand

by Xi 朱熹 Zhu, Zuqian 呂祖謙 LÜ

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Edited by Ye Cai 葉采. 14 juan in four vols. Small folio, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, old stitching. Chosŏn Korea: ca. 1668-1724 . Kŭnsarok is one of the most influential Neo-Confucian compendiums, compiled by the Song dynasty scholars Zhu Xi 1130–1200 and Lü Zuqian 1137–81 . The work distills passages from foundational texts into a series of hypothetical dialogues, with questions regarding the pursuit of everyday scholarship and

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