Do-ol

Do-ol
Hangul	도올
Hanja	檮杌
Revised Romanization	Dohol
McCune–Reischauer	Tohol
Birth name
Hangul	김용옥
Hanja	金容沃
Revised Romanization	Gim Yong-ok
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yongok

Doh-ol is the pen name of the contemporary South Korean philosopher Young-Oak Kim (sometimes given as Doal Kim Yong-ok or Tool Kim Yong-ok). He was born June 14, 1948 in Cheonan.^[1]

He was graduated from Korea University, department of philosophy. He got a master's degree 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).

Doh-ol is considered the nation's leading philosopher dealing with public issues and explaining Oriental philosophy to the public, as in his well-known explanation of the Diamond Sutra and Lao Tzu on television and in public lectures. In addition to philosophy, he has worked in Oriental medicine, painting, play writing, and movie writing and directing. He is an authority on all major Far Eastern philosophical movements.

Philosophy

His own theory of philosophy, however, is not fully accepted by either Korean or Western philosophical circles. The philosophy of Ki (Chi', in Chinese) claims the unique revival and reinterpretation of Eastern traditional philosophy to overcome the intrinsic limitations of Western philosophical traditions. Throughout his books ,mostly written in Korean, Mr. Kim claims that his unique formulation of the philosophy of Ki is quite 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.

Filmography

• Laozi and the 21st Century (November 1999 - February 2000; 56 episodes from EBS) - as himself
• Do-ol's Analects Stories (October 2000 - May 2001; 64 episodes from KBS) - as himself
• Do-ol, Engaging With India (August 2002 - November 2002; 28 episodes from EBS) - as himself
• Do-ol's Special Korean Philosophy Lectures, Who We Are (January 2004 - May 2004; 26 episodes from MBC) - as himself
• Do-ol's Special Lectures: Discoursing About History (January 2006 - May 2006; 6 episodes from Gwangju MBC) - as himself
• Chi-hwa-seon (Painted Fire) (2002) - co-screen-writer

Notes

1. ^ "인물: 김용옥(金容沃)". Empas People. http://people.empas.com/people/info/ki/my/kimyongok/. Retrieved 2007-02-03. 

Bibliography

• Hyegang Choe Han-gi wa Yugyo / Tool Kim Yong-ok. Soul-si : Tongnamu, 2004. (Series: Kim, Yong-ok, Selections. 2003 ; 3.) LCCN B5254.C54K538

Persondata
Name	Kim, Doh-ol Young-oak
Alternative names	도올, 김용옥, 金容沃
Short description	South Korean philosopher
Date of birth	1948-06-14
Place of birth	Cheonan, Chungnam, South Korea
Date of death
Place of death