The Yin Yang Tai Chi Bagua chart was invented by the Chinese. Why did the Koreans use it as their national flag?

Well, before drawing a conclusion, let’s compare it first

The following are the answers to questions from Aiqun (two people)

Chaoxi Passenger:

It is true that Koreans use Tai Chi Bagua as their national flag. But only in appearance. Because the person who designed the Korean flag at that time did not understand the meaning of Bagua, or was not proficient in Bagua, the Bagua symbol on the Korean flag was incorrect.

It is also possible that one day the Koreans realize their mistakes and will play the trick of changing Seoul to Seoul again.

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To those downstairs: Don’t explain for others, say those who look similar are Korean scholars themselves.

The Korean flag was originally formulated by the Korean government-in-exile stationed in Shanghai, China during the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, they needed a flag to call on the Korean people to fight against the Japanese invaders, so several people made a flag with the Tai Chi Bagua as the pattern.

On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1946, the Chiang Kai-shek government used a special plane to send these people from the Korean Provisional Government in Exile back to North Korea. Later, this flag was decided to be the national flag of South Korea.

The people who made the flag of South Korea were just passionate young people fighting against Japan. They were not well versed in the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes, and the conditions at the time did not allow for careful consideration. So, now it seems that this pattern is just similar in appearance.

Since the 1960s, some Korean scholars have written articles questioning the meaning of this pattern.

The above can be found in the memoirs of Koreans themselves.

Qin Shaolong: With all due respect, the person upstairs said that "the person who designed the Korean flag at that time did not understand the meaning of the gossip" ~ This is too arbitrary.

Tai Chi Bagua, Hetu Luoshu, Yi Xue, Yin Yang and Five Elements, etc. are components of "Han culture". The so-called "Han culture" refers to the Central Plains region that originated in ancient China, and its communication and development matured throughout the " "Han Cultural Circle" ~ includes a complete set of language, culture and ideological systems in China, South Korea (North Korea), Japan, Vietnam and other countries and regions, covering religion, philosophy, ethics and moral concepts, educational concepts and content, political concepts and systems, etc. From many aspects, it can be roughly summarized into three major sources: Confucian culture, Taoist culture, and Buddhist culture (the thoughts of various schools of thought are basically absorbed and inherited by Confucianism and Taoism).

As an important country in the "Chinese cultural circle", South Korea has had in-depth exchanges with our country since ancient times. It can be said that "Han culture" is not foreign to South Korea, but has come from ancient times. There are some, and they have long been integrated into the national culture. The Yixue, a component of Chinese culture, is no exception. Koreans have attached great importance to and studied it since ancient times. This is because the Yixue is the focus of the Confucian and Taoist systems and is also the foundation of their national culture.

Tell me again why the Korean flag is a modified Tai Chi diagram instead of the standard Tai Chi Bagua diagram in Yi Xue? I think this is precisely because Korean philosophers have a deep understanding of Yi Xue, and thus carry out a kind of creative play and simplification:

First, in terms of color, the Tai Chi diagram and the white ground use the common colors commonly used in Korean national costumes. Three auspicious colors: red, blue, and white, symbolizing the inherent traditions of the Korean nation

Second, there are only four hexagrams around: Qian (Heaven), Kun (Earth), Li (Fire), and Kan (Water). It is placed at the four corners, and the four hexagrams Gen (mountain), Zhen (thunder), Xun (wind), and Dui (ze) are omitted. Why is this?

This is because Qian represents the father (Jun), Kun represents the mother (Queen), and other hexagrams represent:

Zhen~eldest son

Xun~ The eldest daughter

Kan~middle boy

Li~middle girl

Gen~young boy

Dui~girl

So, taking the Kanli hexagram, the middle male and middle female represent the three generations of elder, middle and younger. This is a reasonable simplification. Moreover, the Kanli hexagram has the virtue of the mean, which means that the yang line of the Kan hexagram is in the middle and the yin line of the Li hexagram is in the middle. In Confucianism, "the heaven and the earth are right" is the appearance of an ideal personality in which "the awe-inspiring righteousness will last forever".

Thirdly, why are the directions of these four hexagrams at the four corners instead of retaining the directions of the standard innate Tai Chi Bagua or acquired Tai Chi Bagua?

My analysis is that the reason is this. Please look at the layout of the standard innate Tai Chi Bagua chart first:

Qian 111 (South)

Dui 110 (Southeast) ) Xun011 (southwest)

Li101 (east) Kan010 (west)

Zhen100 (northeast) Gen001 (northwest)

Kun000 ( North)

On the Korean flag, the directions of the four hexagrams are:

Qian 111 (southeast) Kan 010 (southwest)

Li 101 (northeast) Kun 000 (Northwest)

Look, if you rotate the standard innate Bagua diagram counterclockwise by one phase, you will get the orientation of the four hexagrams on the Korean flag. Moreover, the four explicit hexagrams occupy the position of the four hidden hexagrams (referring to the four hexagrams that do not appear in the Korean flag), which means that the four explicit hexagrams represent the role of the hidden four hexagrams, and this is true:

Qian ( Gold) is exchanged for (gold), and gold is hidden in the lake, which means that the treasury is abundant and the wealth is not exposed.

Li (fire) enters Zhen (wood), and returns fire to wood, which means that there is no way to use weapons and weapons.

Kan (water) enters Xun (wind), and the water transports wind, which means good weather and feng shui circulation.

Kun (earth) enters Gen (earth) and hides in the mountains, which means endless life. Kun De (can give birth to all things) collects and stores (Gen takes collection as virtue), which means the ability to reproduce and reproduce. Inexhaustible.

So, look at how much Confucian concepts and Taoist wisdom are integrated into the Korean national flag. It really makes us feel deeply ashamed of our Chinese cultural accomplishments even though we were born in Han soil!

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In the eyes of us outsiders, there are ever-changing explanations for how it came about. Just like the explanation of crop circles (it is now confirmed that it is not the work of aliens), human thinking has tendencies. You will interpret it in whichever way you prefer. Of the two, I agree more with the former.

I was a little confused by Qin Shaolong’s remarks. He said that Han culture is the inherent culture of the Korean nation. . . Well, this has been said to be Han culture, so it is Han culture. The Han Dynasty also had a county on the peninsula. However, people on the peninsula thought it was an invasion of the Korean nation. It can only be said that it was influenced by Han culture

Everyone knows that Western culture Almost all originated from ancient Rome and ancient Greece. Both of them occupy an extremely, extremely important and irreversible position in Western culture

But it cannot be said that the culture of ancient Rome and ancient Greece is the same as that of France (Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Spain) . . . . . . It can only be said that the people of these countries in ancient times were greatly influenced by ancient Greece and Rome. . .

I would like to ask the poster, can you say the sentence "Greek culture is the inherent culture of France"? I don't think many people with some intelligence would think this way. . .

Nowadays, many people always say that they want to go to Japan and South Korea to find traditional Chinese culture. . . Although the domestic destruction is relatively complete, the key points have been spread and mutated. How can it still be called Chinese traditional culture?

If it is just a reference, it is okay (for example, Qin Shaoyou's last sentence " You see how much Confucian philosophy and Taoist wisdom are integrated into the Korean national flag. It really makes us feel deeply ashamed of our own cultural accomplishments because we were born in the Han Dynasty!” It’s okay to sigh in case that’s not how your national flag came to be! Don’t these sighs become my own obsession? )