Korean Dynasty Confucian Li Huang and Han Yuanzhen’s Contribution on Zhu Xi’s Ritual Study

Abstract

The Confucians in the era of Korean Dynastyhave inherited and developed Zhu Xi’s ritualstudy. Li Huang, composed Shengxue Shitu basedon Jin Si Lu, aiming at pursuing prudence andmorality, and putting them into practice, hadgreat impact on the development ofConfucianism in Korean Dynasty. Han Yuanzhenregarded Yili Jingzhuan Tongjie as the secondritual composition made by Confucians afterZhougong, and developed it into Yili JingzhuanTongjie Bu based on Zhu Xi’s way，attemptingat converting the Yili Jingzhuan Tongjie intoritual classics of the era. Li Huang’s developmentof Zhu Xi’s ritual spirit is the localization ofConfucianism and Zhu Xi’s theory. And HanYuanzhen’s development of annotation of ZhuXi’s theory is the Korean Dynasty Confucians’answer to the public issues of Confucianism.