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The Reception and Criticism of Lai Zhi‐de’s (來知德) Study of Changes (易學) in the Joseon Dynasty

Kim Youngwoo 1

1인제대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the patterns of the Joseon scholars’ reception andcriticism of Lai Zhi‐de’s study of changes during the Joseon Dynasty. The history of the study of changes in the Joseon Dynasty may be calledthe history of the Neo-Confucian study of changes. In this trend, however,the interest of the scholars continued to be in a symbol-number-basedstudy of changes, which tried to interpret the words of Gua and Yao inThe Book of Changes through exploring the ‘symbols’ (象) of Gua andYao, and in the course, Lai Zhi‐de’s Juyeokjipju drew people’s attention. Lai Zhi‐de’s study of changes became an object of criticism, but itplayed the role of a positive stimulation to Joseon intellects who tried tointerpret The Book of Changes in a different way beyond the authority ofNeo-Confucianism.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.