Japanese Reinterpretations of Confucianism: Itō Jinsai and His Project

• Published in: Asian Studies
• Main Author: Ogrizek, Marko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakulte / Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts 2021
• Subjects: Itō Jinsai; Japanese Confucianism; traditional Japanese philosophy; ethics; japonski konfucianizem; tradicionalna japonska filozofija; etika; sami
• Online Access: https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/9699; https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2021.9.2.183-208

This article aims to introduce the study of Itō Jinsai from the point of view of the value of his Confucian interpretations within the context of the project of Confucian ethics—in other words, trying to ascertain in what ways Jinsai’s project can help facilitate the study of Confucian ethics beyond the realm of intellectual history in the global context of the 21st century. It is imperative to allow Jinsai’s notions, as much as possible, to speak for themselves; but it is also of great importance to first place Jinsai within his own time and inside the intellectual space in which he formulated his ideas. A number of scholarly sources will be considered, with the intention of illuminating Jinsai’s work from a few different angles. Članek je uvod v študij Itōja Jinsaija z vidika vrednosti njegovih konfucijanskih interpretacij v kontekstu projekta konfucijanske etike – z drugimi besedami, ugotoviti poskuša, kako lahko Jinsaijev projekt pripomore k študiju konfucijanske etike onkraj intelektualne zgodovine, v globalnem kontekstu 21. stoletja. Jinsaijevim pojmom moramo nujno dovoliti, da spregovorijo sami zase; vendar pa je zelo pomembno, da Jinsaija najprej umestimo v njegov čas in intelektualni prostor, v katerem je osnoval svoje ideje. Upoštevani so različni akademski viri, s katerimi avtor Jinsaijevo delo osvetli z več različnih zornih kotov.