Design
The white background symbolizes "cleanliness of the people". The Taegeuk represents the origin of all things in the universe; holding the two principles of yin and yang in perfect balance; the former being the negative aspect rendered in blue, and the latter as the positive aspect rendered in red. Together, they represent a continuous movement within infinity, the two merging as one.
The four trigrams are described in this table:
| Name in Korean | Nature | Seasons | Cardinal directions | Four virtues | Family | Four elements | Meanings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| geon (건 / 乾) |
sky (천 / 天) |
spring (춘 / 春) |
east (동 / 東) |
humanity (인 / 仁) |
father (부 / 父) |
heaven (천 / 天) |
justice (정의 / 正義) |
|
| ri (리 / 離) |
sun (일 / 日) |
autumn (추 / 秋) |
south (남 / 南) |
justice (의 / 義) |
daughter (녀 / 女) |
fire (화 / 火) |
fruition (결실 / 結實) |
|
| gam (감 / 坎) |
moon (월 / 月) |
winter (동 / 冬) |
north (북 / 北) |
intelligence (지 / 智) |
son (자 / 子) |
water (수 / 水) |
wisdom (지혜 / 智慧) |
|
| gon (곤 / 坤) |
earth (지 / 地) |
summer (하 / 夏) |
west (서 / 西) |
courtesy (예 / 禮) |
mother (모 / 母) |
earth (토 / 土) |
vitality (생명력 / 生命力) |
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Famous quotes containing the word design:
“Joe ... you remember I said you wouldn’t be cheated?... Nobody is really. Eventually all things work out. There’s a design in everything.”
—Sidney Buchman (1902–1975)
“With wonderful art he grinds into paint for his picture all his moods and experiences, so that all his forces may be brought to the encounter. Apparently writing without a particular design or responsibility, setting down his soliloquies from time to time, taking advantage of all his humors, when at length the hour comes to declare himself, he puts down in plain English, without quotation marks, what he, Thomas Carlyle, is ready to defend in the face of the world.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.”
—Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)