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14       광고                                                                                        November 1, 2019  Vol. 8  Hani Times
                 Opinion



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           A Mobius strip and Korean Culture, Traditions, and TKM






                                                              Ying and Yang is fundamental  Yang organs works as  understand skills for treatment.
                                                              substances, and both have  needed but Yin organs work  One of the most respected
                                                              opposite characteristics like  continually. Therefore, Yin  Korean acupuncturists through
                                                              the sun and moon, day and  organs are essential for  Chosun Dynasty, Huh, Joon said
                                                              night, bright and dark, man  maintaining life.         there are 8 different levels of
                                                              and woman, etc. And Yin and                            acupuncturist. Most respected
                                                              Yang cannot exist by itself.  I would like to ask for  and admired acupuncturist
         △ A concept of Moebius strips shares of basic idea of   Even Yin and Yang is different  my readers. Please be an  is mind and body comforting
         Korean traditional philosophy, literature, and traditional Korean
         medicine.                                            but to be existed, Yin needs  acupuncturist with warm  acupuncturist. That level could
                                                              Yang and Yang needs Yin  heart and sympathy. It is  be achieved by treatment
                                                              and two different substances  more important to remember  history with sympathy and
                                   a Möbius strip. It is a surface   should be balanced.  certain acupuncture points  sincerity. I would like to
                                   with only one side and only   All organs could be grouped  or herbal formula for certain  see an acupuncturist who
                                   one boundary. The Möbius   Yin and Yang organs and  symptoms. Also, please try to  achieves the highest level
                                   strip has the mathematical   interestingly Yin organ is  understand Korean philosophy  that Master Huh, Joon said
                                   property of being unorientable.  considered more important.  and virtues first then try to  in America.

                                   Traditional Korean medicine is
                                   like a Möbius strip. There is no
        By David Park, Founder of   specific manual for diagnosis   What is the Organic QI? -- In Contrast
        South Baylo University     and treatment of certain        to the Material Substance of Matter ②
                                   symptoms. The medicine also
                                   considers the human body,
        I explained conventional and  and mind, and the universe in
        New science and relationships  one. You can easily understand   By Simon Kim, Professor,
        in between New science and  the idea of wholeness in the   South Baylo University
        Traditional Korean medicine  traditional Korean medicine.
        last month. The conventional  After treatment symptom A,
                                                                 What is the relation of YY
        science is based on Euclidian  the patient says symptom A
                                                                 reciprocity? In other words,
        geometry and has been  resolved and symptom B, and       it is organic logic. Yin is the
        accepted as fundamentals  C which were not complained,   ultimate energy of the inner
        of science. A characteristic  resolved too. Like a Möbius   bonding, whereas Yang, which
        of the conventional science  strip does not have its end   radiates the ultimate energy
        is determined by linear and  point and continues eternally,   constantly, continues to
                                                                 connect with the outside. These
        Universal. The conventional  a pathogen created symptom
                                                                 two phenomena are called
        science could be compared  A, B, and C and removing the
                                                                 as the Doctrine of Internal   △ the East Asian philosophy (Joseph Needham) and
        with a structure or system  pathogen causes resolving all   Relations and Doctrine of   ‘corresponding theory’ (Manfred Porkert).
        with fundamental theories and  symptoms.                 External Relations. Of course,
        principles and units. In the  It has been only 150 years for   there is a mutual reciprocity   be essentially incomplete,   the concept of qi is that one
        structure of the conventional  a concept of Möbius strips   between the two. Something   and completed only by  is built around the notion
        science world, the universe  accepted. But Korean people   can only sustain external   interpretation in terms of   of stasis and the other built
                                                                 relations if also sustains   the other level.      around the notion of process.
        and its structures are made  have applied basic concept of
                                                                 internal relations, or the   If Qi is not a material substance,   This is because the dynamic
        with elaborate mechanical  Möbius strips for thousands   converse or both. According to   what is it? It is an organism   aspect of change and process
        system. It is more like  of years to culture. Korean     the theory of Asian medicine,   different from a matter,  must be considered in order
        conventional medicine which  traditional custom which called   the spirit is the energy of   structurally and functionally.   to clarify the concept of
        has sophisticated manuals for  Hanbok and symbol of Taiji,   active Yang of Yang, and the   Since the concept of Qi   organic Qi. Furthermore, the
        each symptom than traditional  called Taeguk and Yin and   body is the energy of Yin of   entails an organism, it can   organic aspect of organization
                                                                 Yin which condenses into a   imply all the living things   and relationship is a very
        Korean medicine.           Yang theory are good example
                                                                 physical form.            beyond matter. According to   essential of YY and WX
        New science cannot be  of application of concept of
                                                                 Alfred N. Whitehead (1861-  Whitehead, matter is a small   theory.
        defined or explained by  Möbius strips. Hanbok does      1947) who opposed to body/   organism, and the universe is   I think that three organic
        linear or universal concept.  not have front and back and   spirit dichotomy came up with   a big organism. As a matter   factors - change, dynamic,
        There are no such definite  made with 2-dimensional      a theory of physical pole and   of fact, matter is a sort of   and relational system - should
        fundamental theories or  fabric to create curve shape    mental pole alternatively.    ‘Quantity Image’ while Qi   be considered newly in the
        principles. Everything in the  of the custom. Also, custom is   The link to understanding   is ‘the Quality Image”. The   definition of Qi concept. In
                                                                 the Eastern Organic medicine   diverse quality of Qi creates   short, relationship, totality,
        world or universe are co-exist  considered as 2-dimensional
                                                                 depends on the association   life-laden Jingqi world.   and time are the three
        and its relationship is more like  object but after people wears   between the Neo-Confucianism   The material meaning of   elements of an organism.
        a web. In the web, Hierarchy  and moves in the custom    based on I-Ching world view   the Qi in nature is a fully   All beings with life have a
        theory which focuses on levels  turn out to be considered as   and the philosophy of the   convincing expression.   holistic organism. In a sense,
        of organization and issues of  3-dimensional object and   organism. For more detailed   However, the organic  a universe is the entire body
        scale with a specific focus on  purposely designed Hanbok’s   research, we need to focus   meaning cannot be expressed   of the same organic structure
                                                                 on the theory of ‘correlative   in the material sense. There   composed by organic Qi, not
        the role of the observer in  wrinkles expand its space.
                                                                 thinking’ in the East Asian   is a need for a conceptual   by just material elements.
        the definition of the system.  Specially, Masters of Hanboks
                                                                 philosophy (Joseph Needham)   reflection on how Qi and   The organic Qi is the basic
        Basic idea of New science and  explains that ways of using   and ‘corresponding theory’   matter exist in the reality of   building block of nature that
        traditional Korean medicine  cloth is exactly same way to   (Manfred Porkert). Correlative   nature. The most important   constitutes the myriad things
        shares a basic idea.       make Möbius strips.           means that each level of   feature of difference between   according to the interrelation
        A good example of idea of  Yin and Yang theory shares    diverse qi in nature must   the concept of matter and   of Yin-Yang Wuxing.
        nonlinear and non-universal is  same root with Möbius strips.
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