Research on the Controversy in Joseon Dynasty over Chen Xianzhang's Being Honored at the Confucian Temple
Chen Xianzhang was one of the most influential Confucianists in the Ming Dynasty in China.However,his ideas were resisted and criticized by the academic circles in North Korea,because most Korean scholars believed that his ideas were mixed with Zen thoughts and belonged to the same heresies as those of Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Shouren.In the subsequent discussions during the Joseon Dynasty on the promotion and demotion of the scholars honored at the Confucian Temple,it did not imitate the Ming Dynasty's system to include Chen Xian-zhang in the Temple.This reflects the differences in the recognition of the origin of Confucianism and in the attitude towards Buddhist thought between Chinese and North Korean scholars.The emergence of this difference was a manifestation of the localization of Korean Confucianism,and it also promoted the diversification of the evolution of Confucianism in East Asia.
Chen XianzhangJoseon DynastyNeo-ConfucianismVeneration at the Confucian Temple