이제마의 의학론과 그 시대적 성격

Abstract

Lee Je-ma(李濟馬　 1837-1900) was a prominent scholar as well as an Korean physician　 He classified every people into four distinctive types　 greater yang[tai yang] person　 lesser yin[shao yin] person　 greater yin[tai yin] person　 lesser yin[shao yin] person　 This theory would dictate proper treatment for each type in accordance with individual differences of physical and temperament features　 Using these four types he created The Medical Science of Four Types(四象體質論)　 This article is intended to look into the connection between Lee Je-Ma's ‘The Medical Science of Four Types' and ‘The Modern' with organizing his ideas about the human body and the human being　 Through The Modern　 the theory of human being(人間觀) underwent a complete change　 Human being in The Premodern　 which was determined by sex　 age and social status has been changed to the individual human being　 which is featured by equality　 Lee Je-Ma's medical theory of The Medical Science of Four Types would be analyzed as follow　 His concept of human body(人體論) is oriented toward observable objectivity　 But on the other hand　 it still remains transcendent status of medical science　 which is subordinated by philosophy　 According to Lee Je-Ma's theory of human being　 human is an equal individual in a modern way of thinking　 not as a part of hierarchical group　 But on the other hand　 it still remains incomplete from getting rid of morality aspect that includes virtue and vice in the concept of human body　 The common factors in Lee Je-Ma's ideas about the human body and the human being is ‘Dualism of mind and body(心身二元論)’ that means all kinds of status and results depends on each individual　 As is stated above　 Lee Je-Ma's medical theory has many aspects of The Modern and it proves that Korean traditional medicine could be modernized by itself