|  "Cheon
Bu Kyeong"( )
means "The Bible Given by Heaven" in Korean.
This text is composed of only 81 Asian letter, which
was shared by all the countries of eastern Asia
2000 years ago. Many Korean philosophers have been
interested in this small bible, which is known very
difficult to understand instead of its profound
and abundant implication.
This CBK(let me call it this way)
has some characteristics. The first is that it doesn't
comment on human morality or who to live, yet only
on the change and some kind of cosmos. The second
is that this text is very short. It is composed
of only 81 asian letters. And,
of course, another characteristic is that this text
belongs to Korean only. China or Japan don't have
even another similar to this.
Many philosophers tried to interprete
this text but no one is satisfiable, I think. This
is why there are so many kinds of interpretation
of this, yet no one of consensus. I think this result
is owing to their thinking way; they didn't have
full understanding the essence of Korean philosophy,
or that of oriental philosophy, particularly compared
with western's. Then, am I only man who know it?
Well, I have to say I'm not sure though I believe
so. The readers may be able to make objective decision
about it.
The
Text of Cheon Bu Keong()
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also the left image)
My
Interpretation
| Oneness and nothingness
are born with each other. Divided into Three,
which produce boundless change without exhausting
its origin. The one Sky is one, the one
Earth is two, and the one Man is three.
Accumulating those onenesses to be big ten,
never-ending change is caused by those Three.
The Sky when two is three, the Earth when
two is three, and the Man when two is three
too. These big Three make Six, producing
Seven, Eight, and Nine. Through Three and
Four it makes a ring by Five and Seven.
Since this One is profound and mysterious,
coming and going innumerably, its use changes
while its root never changes. Intrinsically
the mind is root of everything, when looking
up the bright sun, so the Sky and the Earth
make one in Man. Oneness and nothingness
finish with each other. |
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