Patterns

Question 1

Chon-ji

Answer 1

19 movements

Means “the Heaven the earth”; symbolises the beginning of human history

Question 2

Dan-gun

Answer 2

21 movements

Named after the Holy Dan Gun, founder of Korea in 2333 BC

Question 3

Do-san

Answer 3

24 movements

The pseudonym of Ahn Chang-Ho (1876-1938) who devoted his life to the independence and education of Korea

Question 4

Who-hyo

Answer 4

28 movements

The noted monks who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty in 686 A.D

Question 5

Yul-gok

Answer 5

38 movements
The pseudonym of philosopher and scholar Yi I (1536-1584 AD) nicknamed “the Confucius of Korea”. The 38 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on the 38th latitude

Question 6

Joong-gun

Answer 6

32 movements
Named after Joong-gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the first Japanese Governor General of Korea. Hiyo-Bumi is also known as the man who played the leading role of the Korea-Japan merger. The 32 movements represent his age when he was executed at the Lui-Sung prison in 1910.

Question 7

Toi-gye

Answer 7

37 movements
Pen-Name of the scholar Yi Hwang (16th century AD) an authority on Neo-Confucianism . The 37 movements represent his birthplace on the 37th latitude.

Question 8

Hwa-rang

Answer 8

29 movements
Named after the Hwa Rang youth group which originated in the Silla dynasty approximately 1350 years ago. This group became the driving force for the unification of the three kingdoms of Korea. The 29 movements refer to the 29th infantry Division commanded by Gen. Choi

Question 9

Choong-moo

Answer 9

30 movements
The name given to the Admiral Yi Soon-shin of the Yi dynasty. He is reputed to have invented the first armoured battle ship (Kobukson), the precursor of the modern day submarine, in 1592 AD. The reason the pattern ends with a left-hand attack is to symbolise his regrettable death on account of the king’s forced reservation of the Admiral’a loyalty.

Question 10

Kwang-gae

Answer 10

39 movements
Named after Gwang-Gae Toh-Wang, the 19th king of the Koguryo Dynasty who regained all lost territories, including the greater part of Manchuria. The 39 movements refer to his reign of thirty nine years.

Question 11

Po-eun

Answer 11

36 movements
The pseudonym of the loyal subject Chong Ming-ahh (1400 AD) a famous poet whose poem “I would not serve a second master though I may be crucified a hundred times” is known to every Korean. He is also a pioneer in the field of physics. The pattern’s shape of a single straight line represents his unerring loyalty to the king and country at the end of the Koryo dynasty

Question 12

Ge-Baek

Answer 12

44 movements
Named after Ge-Baek, a great general in the Baek-Je Dynasty (660 AD). The diagram “I” represents his sever and strict military discipline.