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KMID : 0607619920060010081
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Psychotherapy
1992 Volume.6 No. 1 p.81 ~ p.89
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What Is Tao?
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Rhee, Dongshick
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Abstract
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MC : Good evening. This program is deserve that title. I simply happened to designed to provide a reflection on the be interested in the Eastern philosophimeaning of our life. Our topic tonight is cal tradition while I was studying Tao. psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the We would call a person who is extreme- United States, and since then have been ly good at something a "Master of making an effort to have an understandTao." And to a person who is absorbed ing of it.
in thinking, we would say in joke, "Are Eastern people, including Koreans, you practicing Tao ? " Tonight, we are would regard the Western tradition as to think about the true meaning of the best, without appreciating the value Tao, and how it influences our lives, of their own tradition. I thought there Our guest tonight is Dr. Dongsik Rhee must be something significant in our He is a psychiatrist ; but has also tradition when it has a history of five studied the Eastern philosophy and thousand years. So I began to study become a reputable authority in it, and Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, etc. advocated the significance of Tao all and found that they have suggested over the world, including the West. excellent ways of treating mental Good evening, Dr. Rhee. problems. Their ways seemed to be
Rhee : Good evening. better than that of the Western psychia
MC : There must be reasons for you, as a try or psychoanalysis. Indeed, I think psychiatrist, to have been devoted to the Eastern tradition contains an ultithe study of Tao. What aspect of Tao mate solution. In an effort to advocate has fascinated you? What does Tao the excellency of Eastern tradition, I mean? made presentations on the issue at
Rhee : You introduced me as an authority in about twenty international conferences
the Eastern philosophy, but I don´t on the basis of my comparative study of colonial education. When it comes to their jealousy of our national flag. Tao
the youngsters of around twenty, about is peace and harmony. Hence the
seven out of ten show strong confidence ideology with which Tan´ gun founded
in the national identity, while the other the first Korean nation : "To benefit all
three are still the same as the old human beings." Concern in human
generation. prevailed our tradition all through its
Our young generation should be aware history. I hope our young generations
of the hazardous remnants of the keep this deep in their hearts in order to
Japanese colonial education that the old be the creators of a new human
generation carry with them, make civilization that will be based upon
efforts not to be contaminated by them, meeting of the Far East traditional
and never inherit their groundless hatred culture and the Western scientific
of our own traditional culture. It is culture as Prof. Raischauer predicted a
much encouraging that nowadays many few years ago.
young people are eager to learn our MC : I think we young generation people
tradition, especially because I think our can now feel pride in our tradition. If
tradition is all about Tao. Tan´ gun we make efforts to stay always awa
mythology is a good example. It is a kened, checking and reflecting on
story of Tao : the bear practiced Tao ourselves, laziness will never be able to
and thus became human female so as to inrude into our lives. But it is not easy
beget Tan´ gun, the founder of Korean to always keep away from all the
nation. Therefore we may say that our temptations that surround us. Therefore
tradition of national identity started it is said that life is a process of
with Tao. Another example is T´aequk- practicing Tao. Good night.
ki (Tai Chi Flag), our national flag. A = This paper is the interview of Dr.
college professor said that its design is Dongshick Rhee with the Korea Education
too complicate and thus should be Broadcasting System, designed to be used
replaced with a new simpler one. His as a guideline for psychotherapy. Aired on
idea is totally due to his ignorance of Dec. 8, 1990 on EBS, it was translated
the deep meaning of T´aeguk. T´aegUk by Dr. Woncheol Yun(State Univ. of
represents Tao. Many foreigners, once New York). (editor´s note) learning about its meaning, express
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