天干의 상호 변화작용 관계로서 天干合 연구

Abstract

The combination of the ten celestial stems is the manifestation of East Asian view of universe and world, which states that Yin and Yang and the Five Elements from the Great Absolute are combined in a profound way and create all creatures, through the ten celestial stems representing the heaven, meaning the relations of mutual changes and actions among the ten celestial stems. The ten celestial stems being combined and becoming are like one Yin and one Yang meeting together and creating all creatures according to the truth of couple. Thus the combination of one Yin and one Yang is the most important. Two celestial stems that are combined through Yin and Yang engage in rising, offsetting, and supplementing according to their nature, thus coloring each of the five combinations of the ten celestial stems with their own temperament. There are some cases in which they seem to be combined but are not combined actually(合而不合) and other cases in which they are combined but have not become(合而不化). There are several organization principles in the combination of the ten celestial stems including Ogigyeongcheonseol, Eumyanghapdeokseol, Seoncheonhadoseol, and Dungiwolsiseol. There is no saying that some of them are right and others are wrong. They allow for looking at the meanings of diverse cases of combination and becoming implicated in the combination of the ten celestial stems from many different perspectives.