@article{ART002180950},
author={Lee Seung-Hwan},
title={Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation},
journal={JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES},
issn={1229-3806},
year={2016},
number={54},
pages={35-54},
doi={10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Seung-Hwan
TI - Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation
JO - JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES
PY - 2016
VL - null
IS - 54
PB - CHINESE STUDIES INSTITUTE
SP - 35
EP - 54
SN - 1229-3806
AB - The aim of this article is to clarify the reason why the famous Neo-confucian thinker, Zhu Xi came into conflict with another notorious Neo-Confucian scholar, Lu Xiang-shan, from the viewpoint of theory of self-cultivation. Zhu Xi's critique on Lu Xiang-shan's theory of self-cultivation includes the following three points. First of all, Xiang-shan's theory that emphasizes eliminating the whole of intentions from human mind, not only disables Confucian every day practice, such as “Choosing the Good, and holding it steadfastly” as noted in the book of Doctrine of the Mean, but also commits the error of throwing the baby out with bath water. Secondly, Lu Xiang-shan's theory of self-cultivation, which emphasizes quiet-sitting and sudden enlightenment without regard to intellectual inquiry and rational investigation, misleads the practitioners into mysterious illusion and unfounded hallucination as if these are the manifestation of T’ien-li (Heavenly Principle). Thirdly, Lu Xiang-shan's pedagogy that refuses rational debate and inter-subjective argumentation yields the absence of objective criteria by which one can distinguish right from wrong, and the good from the bad. Zhu Xi calls this kind of awkward consequence caused by Lu Xiang-shan's theory of self-cultivation, “a weighing beam without notch mark” or “a yardstick without graduations.” After all, Zhu Xi's critique on Lu Xiang-shan's theory of self-cultivation can also function as a philosophical remedy for those practitioners who mystically indulge into quiet-sitting and meditation without regard to intellectual investigation and inter-subjective dialogue.
KW - Zhu Xi;Lu Xiang-shan;Neo-Confucianism;self-cultivation;quiet-sitting;meditation
DO - 10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
ER -
Lee Seung-Hwan. (2016). Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation. JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES, 54, 35-54.
Lee Seung-Hwan. 2016, "Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation", JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES, no.54, pp.35-54. Available from: doi:10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
Lee Seung-Hwan "Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation" JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES 54 pp.35-54 (2016) : 35.
Lee Seung-Hwan. Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation. 2016; 54 : 35-54. Available from: doi:10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
Lee Seung-Hwan. "Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation" JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES no.54(2016) : 35-54.doi: 10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
Lee Seung-Hwan. Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation. JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES, 54, 35-54. doi: 10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
Lee Seung-Hwan. Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation. JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES. 2016; 54 35-54. doi: 10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
Lee Seung-Hwan. Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation. 2016; 54 : 35-54. Available from: doi:10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002
Lee Seung-Hwan. "Zhu Xi’s Critique on Lu Xiang-shan’s Theory of Self-Cultivation" JOURNAL OF CHINESE STUDIES no.54(2016) : 35-54.doi: 10.26585/chlab.2016..54.002