Do-ol

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Do-ol
Hangul 도올 Revised Romanization Dool McCune-Reischauer Tool
Birth name
Hangul 김용옥 Hanja 金容沃 Revised Romanization Gim Yong-ok McCune-Reischauer Kim Yongok

Do-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 the master degree both at the National Taiwan University and the University of Tokyo. He got the Ph.D at Harvard University, his paper was 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.

[edit] Filmography

• Chi-hwa-seon (2002) - co-screen-writer

[edit] 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

[edit] Notes

Persondata
NAME	Kim, Do-ol Yong-ok
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