Kang Kyung-hyun, Professor of Foreign Studies University, won the Yongjae Shinjin Academic Award
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- 2024-03-13
Kang Kyung-hyun, an assistant professor of Oriental Studies, won the Yongjae Shinjin Academic Award at the 30th Yongjae Awards held at Yonsei University on March 7 (Thursday).
The Yongjae Academic Award was established in 1995, the 100th anniversary of Yongjae's birthday, to commemorate the academic virtues of Dr. Baek Nak-jun, who served as Minister of Culture and Education and president of Yonsei University, and marks the 30th anniversary this year. Every year, it has been awarded to scholars who have made outstanding achievements in Korean studies and related fields, and since 2020, it has also presented the Yongjae Shinjin Academic Award.
Professor Kang Kyung-hyun's book "The Philosophy of Toegye Yi Hwang's Realization of 至 and Self-Completion" (Hyean, 2022) by Professor Kang Kyung-hyun, who won the Yongjae Shinjin Academic Award, is a study that analyzes that Toegye Yi Hwang's philosophy, the great peak of Joseon Confucianism, revolves around the concept and thinking of "ri" and ultimately aims to realize 至. This study reveals that the basis of Toegye's philosophy has a value-oriented personality and suggests its implications. In other words, Toegye Yi Hwang's philosophy aims to provide a moral human basis, and thus comes to the conclusion that Toegye's philosophy is a self-completing discipline that realizes human nature. This study, which faithfully describes the spiritual foundation of Toegye's philosophy while aiming for social practice, stands out more because it contains an attempt to seriously seek humanities reflection and answers. His original interpretation was highly praised for expanding the discussion on Toegye in the field of Korean Confucian philosophy, and it is expected that he will take further steps as he is deepening his research on studying in Joseon and East Asian Neo-Confucianism through Toegye and 16th-century Joseon people and thoughts.