‘否’卦의 활용을 중심으로 본『醫林撮要』 속의 易學思想

Inquiry on the Philosophical Concepts of 의림촬요 Focusing on the Practical Application of ‘否’卦

Correlations between 「The Book of Changes」and medicine originate from the first publication of the book. Korean Traditional Medicine is no exception in following this tendency of making connections between the two fields. A Chinese medical text, “의학정전” is the most frequently cited text in a Korean medical text “Euirimchalyo”. Upon examining the two texts focusing on the 종창, 임폐문 that discusses 비괘, it could be seen that Euirimchalyo edited out the philosophical contents of 의학정전 as much as possible. Thus, on examination of the text, it can be concluded that 의림촬요 takes no part in the Korean history of medical philosophy. This indicates that 의림촬요 is a medical text that purses practicality and efficiency though selectively summarizing.