『의방유취』의 導引圖에 관한 연구

Abstract

This article is about the study on pictures of Daoist exercises described in Euibangyoochi- which is the largest book in Joseon Dynasty. Daoist exercises are the active exercises to prevent disease by training their body. In Euibangyoochi, there are lots of information of Daoistexercises. Specially, pictures of Daoist exercises are from ‘qúxiānhuórénxīnfāng’. There are movements of body, methods of respiration,tooth brushing, and hand clapping in Daoist exercises this book. On the other hand, the pictures of Daoist exercises were composed withsimple explanations so that readers actually might follow the directions at ease. There are 8 pictures of Daoist exercises left in Euibangyoochi. Those are Daoist exercises tradition in the midium of Joseon Dynasty which led to Hwalinshimbang of Yi-hwang. Also with the trend ofpreventing disease in these days, the importance of Daoist exercises is emphasized and these pictures became a tool of teaching the oldDaoist exercises.