Volume 3: 休靜 Hyujeong: Selected Works

This is a compilation into one volume of the Seonga gwigam, which contains the views of the Great Master Seosan, Cheongheo Hyujeong (1520–1604), concerning Seon (C. Chan) thought, plus extracts of short pieces from his other writings that correspond in content to the Seon methods seen in the Seonga gwigam. We have completely translated the Seonga gwigam,the Cheongheo-dang haengjang, Simbeop yocho, Seon-gyoseok and Seon-gyogyeol, plus extracts from the Cheongheojip (The Cheongheo Collection) that mainly concur with the chief theses of the Seonga gwigam collection. With the exception of the Account of Conduct, the other sections have all been selected as concisely expressing the Seon tenets of Hyujeong. Explanatory footnotes have been added. As the person and career of Hyujeong are revealed in detail in the Account of Conduct, we have not described them separately.