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A Discussion on the Controversy of Relation between the Five Changes theory(五行論) and the Five Viscera from 『Geummun-Sangseo(今文尙書)』 and 『Gomun-Sangseo(古文尙書)』

  • The Journal Of Korean Medical Classics
  • Abbr : JKMC
  • 2009, 22(1), pp.61~70
  • Publisher : 대한한의학원전학회
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

Jang Woo Chang 1

1경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

The five viscera[五藏], one of the key concepts from Traditional Oriental Medicine in understanding the nature of human body, endows the characteristic of five phases[五行] on the five representative organs, based on the five phases theory[五行論]. Although the theory from 『Geummun-Sangseo(今文尙書)』 which states the order of 'liver-mok[肝木] heart-hwa[心火] pancreas-to[脾土] lung-geum[肺金] kidney-su[腎水]' is now widely approved by present-day academics concerning arrangement of five changes and the five viscera, there are some other less-known theories of arrangement. 『Gomun-Sangseo[古文尙書]』 had suggested the order of 'pancreas-mok[脾木] lung-hwa[肺火] heart-to[心土] liver-geum[肝金] kidney-su[腎水]', which was never practiced, and 『Dong-uisusebowon(東醫壽世保元)』 of Ijema(李濟馬) expressed the theory of 'lung-mok[肺木] pancreas-hwa[脾火] heart-to[心土] liver-geum[肝金] kidney-su[腎水]'.

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