This article studies on the Chinese letter ten(十) on its shape, meaning, and furthermore on Chinese presentation on their culture inheritance. The Chinese letter ten(十) has not only the simple meaning of counting number, but also has the metaphysical and philosophical conception such as perfectness, equilibrium, The great ultimate goal, The great way, non-being, emptiness. Man is always imperfect, not like as Heaven. Chinese had been anxious for the unity of man with heaven, furthermore the interaction between man and Heaven. This anxiousness had been presented on their culture inheritance. The sunbeam pattern presented by the Chinese letter ten(十) can be understood as the Chinese anxiousness for the unity and interaction with Heaven. In the Chinese ancient ages. especially in Yin(殷) period, the Yin people understood the shape of ten(十) as the shape of cosmos, and they considered it the most important countable number. Some scholar insist on the sunbeam pattern had been migrated from West Asia in 3000 B.C. to India, China and ancient Korea. And it influenced on their culture inheritance in physical and metaphysical conception.
목차
Ⅰ. 들어가는 말 Ⅱ. ‘十’의 意味 1. 數‘十’의 象을 통한 의미 2. 十干(天干)에서 ‘十’의 의미 Ⅲ. 上古時代의 ‘十字’의 문화적 用例 Ⅳ. 나오는 말 참고문헌 【논문초록 】
키워드
십십간십자일광문완전수tenten heavenly branchessunbeam pattern of ten chinese character
동북아시아문화학회 [The Association of North-east Asian Cultures]
설립연도
2000
분야
복합학>학제간연구
소개
동북아시아 문화의 다양성과 정체성을 연구 토론하고, 지역내 문화 교류의 다양한 모습을 연구하고 문화변동의 큰 틀을 집적함으로써 우리 민족 문화 및 상대 민족의 문화적 터전을 이해하여 문화공동체적 특성을 계발하고 상호 관련성의 강화를 유도하는 학술활동을 통해 동북아시아의 문화발전에 이바지함.