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He was born bright and enjoyed all kinds of physical works for example, riding a horse or shooting an arrow. In his early days, he traveled all over the country and even to foreign countries to study and train himself. When he came back to his home town he passed the military service examination and served as a military officer. He studied medicine by himself and wrote his famous book; "Dong-Yi-Soo-Se-Bo-Won" (東醫壽世保元), when he was 58 years old. |
"Dong-Yi-Soo-Se-Bo-Won" [the principle of life preservation in oriental medicine]
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“Dong-Yi-Soo-Se-Bo-Won” [the principle of life preservation in oriental medicine] was written in 1984. This book can divided in two part. In first part, It showed why and how there is four types, and explained how to enjoy healthy life. In second part, he explained how this medical typology can be used clinically. You can download this book as PDF format from Archives. |
Sasang typology has its philosophical basis on realism, Neo-Confucianism.
Unlike the Neo-Confucianism in China or Japan, Korea has been able to preserve Confucianism in their classical forms and focused on its core thinking. Instead of clinging to Neo-Confucian dogma, Korean philosophers sought to elucidate the ideals of Neo-Confucianism according to their historical circumstances and reform the societies in which they lived. So, many studies are focused on more practical manners - practical science.
An Alternative Way to Individualized Medicine: Psychological and Physical Traits of Sasang Typology
This is the first and only article presenting psychological and physical traits of Sasang typology in scientific manners. This article shows the psychological traits of four Sasang types with Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and physical traits with Bio-Impedance Analysis. You can find and download it from Archives.
QSCC (Questionnaire for the Sasang Constitution Classification)
QSCC is a Sasang typology-based inventory, which was developed by the Department of Sasang Medicine at Kyung Hee Medical Center (Seoul, Korea) in 1993 and revised in 1996 , and was used for clinical studies. Unfortunately, only the Korean version was developed till now.
The Sasang type of an individual was determined following two procedures. First, the raw scores for Sasang types were acquired with the QSCC, composed of 121 forced-choice items. After standardizing the raw scores based on their age and sex specific norms, these scores were computed into discriminant to differentiate Sasang type of individuals. A paper-and-pencil self-report form of QSCC was used, and Sasang type was determined using a PC-based software (Win QSCCⅡ 99version, Ssord medicom & Ssord OMS, Korea).
The most controversial and confusing theme of Sasang Typology is the PHENOTYPE of each Sasang types. It is really hard to say in common language since the core concept is not well known yet. We assume that the study on Sasang typology in personality perspective can provide solution for this issue. The "Sasang Typology from a Personality Perspective", a recent publication on this issue, provides scientific background and guideline on this.
Although the biological basis of Sasang type of a person does not change throughout their life, the phenotype can functionally modified due to aging, education, environmental factors, stress, diet, chemical stimulants, diet, illness, etc., to different Functional type.
This change of phenotype has been studied by Jae-Ma Lee himself and described in his book. Considering the fact that modern psychology has not understood the change of personality along with the age and education till these days, It should be said that the Sasang typology had lot more understanding about human nature.
