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A Study of Historical Seasonal Subdivision System and Modern Definitional Issue of Meteorological Seasons

전통시대 절후법과 기후표 고찰에 따른 현대 '기상계절'과 '새로운 기후표'의 제안

  • Kim, Il-Gwon (The Graduate School of Korean Studies, The Academy of Korean Studies)
  • 김일권 (한국학중앙연구원 한국학대학원)
  • Received : 2016.01.21
  • Accepted : 2016.02.22
  • Published : 2016.03.31

Abstract

In this paper, I studied about historical seasonal subdivision system and a theory of traditional monthly order, which was used for so long from Koryo dynasty to the late of Choseon dynasty in Korean histoy. Especially, I took note of the fact that there used the table of solar terms and meteorological observation what we called the table of Kihoo-pyo in the historical Sunmyung-calendar and the Soosi-calendar during the Koryo dynasty. This table of Kihoo was developed for explaining meteorological change during a year at that time. Here are largely four elements related meteorological nature : the first is the list of 24 solar terms, and the second is 12 monthly seasonal terms and 12 monthly central terms, the third is about four right hexagon based I-ching, the fourth is 72 meteorological observations called 72-hoo. Among them, the 72-hoo system is important to know how premodern people observed natural materials including animals and plants, weather, climate about meteorological phenomena according to the seasonal change or solar terms' change during a year. I argued in this article to need developing modern new table of Kihoo system like that, in order to show common people to recognize annual meteorological change more easy and clear. I also argued to need a distinct definition of meteorological seasons from a view point of modern meteorology.

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