Edward Y. J. Chung is Asian Studies Director and Professor of Religious Studies at UPEI, Canada. He is the author of The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea (2020), A Korean Confucian Way of Life and Thought: The Chasnŏngnok by Yi Hwang (T’oegye) (2016), and Korean Confucianism: Tradition and Modernity (2015).

• 1. Introduction: Toegye’s Life and Scholarship.- 2. True Learning.- 3. A Philosophy of Principle: Heaven’s Principle as the Transcendent.- 4. The Four-Seven Debate on Emotions: Moral-Spiritual Meaning and Implication.- 5. Sagehood and Confucian Spirituality.- 6. Self-reflection, Reverence (Gyeong), and Mind Cultivation (Simhak).- 7. Toegye’s Love and Spirituality of Nature: Toward a Modern Confucian Ecology.- 8. Transcend the Problem of Evil: A Neo-Confucian and Comparative Interpretation.- 9. Self-transcendence as the Ultimate Reality: A Neo-Confucian and Interreligious Dialogue.- 10. Conclusion: The Modern Relevance and Significance of Toegye’s Thought.