Yakjungpyeon 約中篇 Discourse on Moderation

by Sang-jŏng 李象靖 Yi

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First edition

46 folding leaves. Small folio 316 x 213 mm. , orig. yellow-brown semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. Ch’ŏngsong 靑松: Pugang Sŏdang 鳧江書堂, 1849. First edition of a fascinating late-Chosŏn treatise by Yi Sang-jŏng 1711-81 , elaborating on how to control one’s emotions. Yi was a prominent scholar who followed the legacy of Toegye Yi Hwang 李滉 1502-70 , the most important Neo-Confucian scholar in Korea. A scholar and government

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