Chang Hon Pattern Name & Meanings

Pattern Name & Meanings

When I was first taught the Ch’ang Hon /Chon Ji patterns as a kid, we never called them by name, we called them off by numbers, pattern 1, pattern 2, and so forth. But then, at a later date, we started to use the names instead of the number they fell in. And we were told the basics as are pretty much told to this day. However, having a good grasp of the Korean language and Hangul and Hanja (Kanji) I learned later that there is some “deeper” meaning to the majority of the patterns we are doing. Now, this is not going to be an article touting which organizations’ patterns are better, just simply some deeper insight into the names of the Ch’ang Hon patterns.

Those of you who practice and teach these set of patterns generally only know the “textbook” definition of the name of the patterns, usually from your instructors and sometimes from books such as Gen. Choi’s Taekwon-Do Condensed and 15 Vol. Encyclopedias, GM Hee Il Cho’s and GM Jhoon Rhee’s books, all of which have been around for some time, so I will not put the “textbook” meanings here, they are readily available in the above-mentioned books, and all over the internet. But, these books are more worried about the technical aspects of the patterns, rather than, the names or the deeper meaning behind the names. Below is a chart of the Ch’ang Hon set names, their meanings, and the Hangul and Hanja of each. Some of the translations are literal, while some I had to take a certain “poetic license” with.

ENGLISH MEANINGS HANGUL HANJA/KANJI
Chon Ji Heaven & Earth 천지 天池
Dan Gun Raised Gentlemen 단군 檀君
Do San Island Mountain 도산 島山
Won Hyo The Beginning Dawn 원효 元曉
Yul Gok Valley of Chestnuts 율곡 栗谷
Joong Gun Equal Roots 중근 重根
Toi Gye Retreating Water 퇴계 退溪
Hwa Rang Flower of the Court Attendants  화랑 花郞
Choong Moo Loyal Military 충무 忠武
Kwang Gye Storehouse of seeds (Name) 광개 廣開
Po Eun Hidden Garden 포은 圃隱
Gye Baek Step Uncle 계백 階伯
Ui Am Righteousness 의암 義巖
Choong Jang Strongly Loyal 충장  忠壯
Juche Master of the Body 주체 主體
Kodang Lofty School 고당 姑堂
Sam Il 3.1 (March 1st) 삼일 三一
Yoo Sin Age of trust 유신 庾信
Choi Yong Sparkling Jade (and surname Choi) 최영 崔瑩
Yon Gae Deep Pool 연개 淵蓋
Ul Ji Second Branch 을지 乙支
Moon Moo Military Minister 문무 文武
So San West Mountain (NISHIYAMA) 서산 西山
Se Jong Ancestor of the World (Kingly title) 세종 世宗
Tong Il Unification (1st unification) 통일 統一

Published on: Aug 26, 2000, @ 13:35

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