• Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.15-29
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• 2004

This paper is the research on the relationship between Lee Kyujoon(李圭晙)'s Shimqi(心氣) Philosophy and medical theory of Buyang(扶陽). Lee Kyujoon is the philosopher and medical doctor in the late Chosun Dynasty. His philosophical hypothesis is that the cosmos constitutes of the only entity, Qi(氣) and Medically, human body is also made of the only one entity, or Qi. The Qi of the body comes from Shim (心:heart). So, Encouraging the Qi(扶陽) of heart is the most critical in maintaining life. He is favorably used to prescribe the medications full of the herbs boosting the ShimYang(心陽) of body. In conclusion, his Shimqi(心氣) Philosophy and Buyang(扶陽) theory is the twins of one Shimqi(心氣) monism.

• The Journal of Korean Philosophical History
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• no.38
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• pp.39-62
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• 2013

Zhuxi explains that the relationship between weifa已發 and yifa已發, is basically that between the homogenious whole and the brilliant tiaoli條理; the nature in its weifa state exists as an undifferentiable entirety, while its respective tiaoli is brilliant but inherent. According to this idea, we will find that the core of the self cultivating theory in Zhuxi's philosophy is cunyang存 養 and xingcha省察. Cunyang is the gongfu工夫 of the jingshi靜時 or weifa; applying the means to the extremes; it is a perfecting the whole of the substance, its contents is to preserve the heavenly principles and the method is keeping oneself gravely as if think carefully. Xingcha is the gongfu of the dongshi動時 or yifa, applying he和 to the extremes; it is a contemplation of ji幾, its contents is to curb human desires and the method is in not deceiving oneself.

• The Journal of Korean Philosophical History
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• no.43
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• pp.9-32
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• 2014

Until now, the studies researching the Taoism theories of Joseon Dynasty have mainly dealt around the latter half of Joseon Dynasty. The reason for that was because the 5 cribs of a book Lao Tzu and the 2 crib of a book Changzi were produced after the Imjin-Year Korean-Japanese War(壬辰倭亂,Imjin Waeran). Therefore this thesis extracted the mentions about Taoism from about 200-year history records from Jeong Do-Jeon's Theory, which was the theoretical foundation for early days of Joseon's foundation and the history book King Taejong's Annals(太宗實錄) contained in The Annals of Joseon Dynasty(朝鮮王朝實 錄) and analyzed the extracted historic data as the first work contemplating how the Taoism theories were developed during the first half of Joseon Dynasty. From the analysis, this study drew out the findings as follows. Jeong Do-Jeon and Gwon Geun sharply criticized the Taoism for that it pursued for the techniques of longevity for oneself without moral. They tried to establish the identity of neo-Confucianism on the foundation criticizing the Taoism and the Buddhism. Since then, the Taoism was transformed through the 3 stages in The Annals of Joseon Dynasty. The first stage was the stage transformed 'Lao Tzu' as the witchcraft master of long-live, the technique of the taoist hermit and the super god in Taoism, and regarded the Taoism as heresy and excluded the Taoism. Second stage was the stage trying to see the book Lao Tzu as the core of Taoism theory separately from the 'Hermit Witchcraft' and the 'Taoist gods' the target of fortune-pursue religion beyond from the primary discussion of exclusion. Third stage was revealed as the respects on the art of politics and the art of living described in the book Lao Tzu. That is, the Taoism theories in the first half of Joseon Dynasty was developed with various spectrums from the early days of Joseon's foundation to 15~16 centuries beyond Joseon's strong suppression against the Taoism and the Buddhism in early days. That is the point that the Taoism in the first half of Joseon Dynasty can't be simply interpreted in the neo-Confucianism. During the firs half of Joseon Dynasty, the warm attitude toward the Taoism was created differently from the attitude against suppressing it as a cult, which had been created in the early days of Josen's foundation, and there appeared the changes accepting the art of living and the art of politics theoretically integrating with the Confucianism theories. That is, the book 'Lao Tus' became accepted as the Confucian country's arts of living and politics from a cult book pursuing for immoral log and immortal life. Such acception is revealed as the appearance actively interpreting the books about Laoism in the latter half o Joseon Dynasty.