Papers
Journal and conference papers
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The East Asian Astronomical Significance of the 663 Battle of Baekchon River
Reading East Asian astronomy through the trifunctional system, this paper reveals the astronomical and historical significance of the five-planet alignment (Oseongchwiru) at the 663 winter solstice — the first Gapja (Gyehae year, Gapja month, day, and hour) — and of the Battle of Baekchon River.
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Search for Dialogue between Christianity and Islam
A conference paper exploring the possibility of dialogue between Christianity and Islam mediated through Confucianism and Buddhism, drawing on Daesoon Jinri's theory of religion circulation based on Yin-Yang and the Five Elements.
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A Study on the Possibility of Jeju Mythology as World Mythology
Centering on the Atlantis myth, this paper explores the possibility of Jeju mythology as a global archetypal mythology through Sundaland, the Budoji, and the Land-of-the-Gentlemen (Gunjaguk) sources.
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A Study of Reconciliation and Coexistence in Kim Ji-ha's Thought
This paper reads the consistency of Kim Ji-ha's thought through liminality and revitalization, comparing the current of reconciliation and coexistence that runs from the life-philosophy of Donghak, through the Yulryeo of Jeongyeok, to the Huingeuneul (White Shadow) aesthetics of Jeungsan.
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Dangun Thought as Economic Philosophy and the Western Korean Wave
Linking the moral background of the Korean Wave to Dangun Thought, this paper elucidates the economic thought of Hongik Ingan and Jaese Ihwa (threefold differentiation and the three-dimensional Five Phases) together with the history of the Western Korean Wave.
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Sacred Numbers (聖數) in the Dangun–Mithra–Maitreya Myths
Comparing the sacred numbers 3 and 7 common to the Dangun, Mithra, and Maitreya myths, this paper reads their creation principles and the structure of the Seven Stars and Three Gods through Joseph Campbell's monomyth and Nakazawa Shin'ichi's fractal theory of myth.
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The Background of Dangjin (唐津) Maritime Culture of Practical Statecraft — On the Heritage of Memory of the Baekje Revival Army and the Battle of Baekchon River
A conference paper reinterpreting the practical-statecraft (利用厚生) maritime culture of Dangjin (唐津) as a heritage of memory of the Baekje revival army and the Battle of Baekchon River, illuminating the Ye-Maek diaspora and the post-battle Maitreya-Buddhist and maritime-commercial culture through the lens of East Asian trauma.
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