Tojeong Bigyeol, written by Tojeong Yi Ji-Ham (1517-1578), a master Zhou Yi philosopher in Joseon Dynasty, is a major fortune-telling book of Korea. This research studies the advancement of the ancient fortune-telling, from which the fortune-telling b...
Tojeong Bigyeol, written by Tojeong Yi Ji-Ham (1517-1578), a master Zhou Yi philosopher in Joseon Dynasty, is a major fortune-telling book of Korea. This research studies the advancement of the ancient fortune-telling, from which the fortune-telling book Tojeong Bigyeol derived, investigates the transformations of fortune-telling of Tojeong Bigyeol on multiple manuscripts and compares and contrasts them with Tojeong Bigyeol. Tojeong Bigyeol is a fortune-telling method of Korea made by the general public in late-Joseon Dynasty, that became highly popular with the publicity of Yi Ji-Ham after he took on the name Tojeong, which advanced extremely during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Some believe Tojeong Bigyeol developed from Zhou Yi (周易), however, it can be rightfully understood to have derived from within Korea as it has similarities with number Gua of the Taoist Yi philosophy (道家易學) and includes the Yut fortune-telling, which is a folk fortune-telling tradition. It is rare to find a fortune-telling book that shows significant in its contents and formation in a short time period like Tojeong Bigyeol in history world-wide. This was because the public was able to remain hopeful toward life by leaning on Tojeong Bigyeol during such difficult times of the Japanese occupation.