Hangul 도올 Hangul 김용옥 Children Miru Kim McCune–Reischauer To-ol Spouse Choi Young-ae Name Do ol | Revised Romanization Do-ol Role Philosopher Hanja 檮杌 Hanja 金容沃 | |
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Books The Great Equal Society: Confucianism, China and the 21st Century Siblings Kim Sook-hee, Kim Yong-jun Movies In Another Country, Painted Fire, Kkamdong, Fly High Run Far Similar People Miru Kim, Im Kwon‑taek, Lee Deok‑hwa, Kim Yeo‑jin, Choi Min‑sik | ||
Doh-ol is the pen name of the contemporary South Korean philosopher Young-Oak Kim (sometimes given as To-ol Kim Yong-ok). He was born June 14, 1948 in Cheonan.
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He graduated from Korea University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He received master's degrees at both at the National Taiwan University and the University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, his paper being about Wang Fu Zhi (王夫之). He also received a Doctor of Oriental Medicine from Wonkwang University.
Philosophy
Kim's theory of philosophy, however, is not fully accepted by either Korean or Western philosophical circles. The philosophy of Ki (Qi, in Chinese) claims the unique revival and reinterpretation of Eastern traditional philosophy to overcome the intrinsic limitations of Western philosophical traditions. Throughout his books, Kim claims that his unique formulation of the philosophy of Ki is revolutionary in mankind's intellectual history. He has published this idea quite often throughout his numerous works, but the philosophy itself seems to undergo the process of development.