다부와 동다송에 내재된 다도정신의 특성고찰

A Study on the Features of the Dado Spirit in Daboo and Dongdasong

Since the agricultural chemical scandal in 2007, the Korean tea industry has been suffering from a crisis, one of the main causes of which is the confusion related to Korean Dado. This study aims to address the concept of the Korean Dado spirit. Today’s Korean Dado is mostly focused on the formal aspects or process of tea preparation, ignoring the philosophical ideas behind it. Dado, the complex concept of Da(tea) and Do(Tao), means practicing Do through preparing, drinking and appreciating tea. Lee Mog(1471~1498) described the original concept of Korean traditional Dado for the first time in Korea with the phrase ‘tea in mind’ in his book Daboo. Then, the monk, Cho-ui arranged Korean Dado as an integrated system in his book Dongdasong. People understand Joongjung ( impartiality and rightness) as being the main idea of Cho-ui’s Dado. The philosophical characteristics of Cho-ui’s Dado are shown through the complexity of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. The core of Confucian thought in Cho-ui’s Dado is not Joongjung but Seong(faithfulness). Cho-ui’s Dado emphasizes the need to do one’s best to practice faithfulness in the course of preparing and appreciating tea. In other words, it is necessary to sincerely desire to commune with the authenticity of humankind and the universe. In the context of faithfulness, brewing tea is closely related to Dado, as it is a part of and pre-condition of Dado. This implies that both cultural and philosophical considerations need to be considered when preparing tea.