Neo-Confucian Sensory Readings of Scriptures

the Reading Methods of Chu Hsi and Yi Hwang

Authors

Yohan Yoo Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Keywords:

SENSING SACRED TEXTS, RELIGION AND THE SENSES, NEO-CONFUCIAN, CHU HSI, YI HWANG, VISUALISATION, AURALIZATION, INGESTION, SACRED TEXTS, ICONIC TEXTS, READING, RITUAL UTENSILS, CONFUCIAN TEXTS

Abstract

Yohan Yoo examines the instructions of two influential Neo-Confucian sages on the discipline of reading Confucian texts. They recommended imaginatively tasting the text while visualizing its author and hearing the author’s voice reciting the contents rather than the reader’s own. Yoo emphasizes that this discipline went beyond metaphor to employ the senses imaginatively in ritual reading.

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Published

2018-10-05

Issue

Sensing Sacred Texts

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