They translated “Sachil Sinpyeon,” a philosophical work by Yi Ik, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the late Joseon period, into English. The English edition, “Seongho Yi Ik: The New Compilation of the Four Beginnings and Seven Emotions,” was published by Oxford University Press earlier this month. Courtesy of Sungkyunkwan University
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EduAsiaNews, Korea – A research team at Sungkyunkwan University’s College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy has published a complete English translation of “Sachil Sinpyeon,” a philosophical work by Yi Ik, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the late Joseon period who went by the pen name Seongho.
The University said Wednesday that the first English edition, “Seongho Yi Ik: The New Compilation of the Four Beginnings and Seven Emotions,” was published by Oxford University Press earlier this month.
Yi’s work was translated into English by a research team comprising professors Back Young-sun and Park So-jeong and researcher Ha Na.
Back, a professor of Eastern philosophy, serves as director of the Sungkyun Institute for Confucian Studies and East Asian Philosophy, while Park, a professor of Korean philosophy, is the director of the Institute of Korean Philosophy and Culture.
The publication is the culmination of the Academic Translation of Korean Texts Project, a three-year initiative that began in September 2022, with support from the Ministry of Education and the Academy of Korean Studies.
The project was launched to promote Korean classics to audiences overseas. The research team achieved the remarkable feat of having the translation published by one of the world’s leading university presses just one year after completing the translation of the original text.
“‘Sachil Sinpyeon’ is a classic that offers an in-depth exploration of how human emotions acquire moral significance and how they can be properly transformed through the cultivation of the mind,” said Back, who led the research team.
She added, “This translation is significant not simply because it renders a time-honored Korean classic into another language, but because it introduces Yi Ik’s philosophy to a global audience in a language accessible to readers around the world.”
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