Do-ol

Do-ol Kim Yong-ok
Kim in Gwanghwamun Plaza, October 26, 2011
Born	(1948-06-14) June 14, 1948 (age 76) Cheonan, South Korea[1]
Alma mater	Korea University (PhB) National Taiwan University (M.Phil) University of Tokyo (M.Phil) Harvard University (Ph.D) Wonkwang University (DOM)
Occupations	philosopher screenwriter filmmaker professor emeritus of Chung-ang University
Years active	1985–present
Korean name
Hangul	도올
Hanja	檮杌
Revised Romanization	Do-ol
McCune–Reischauer	To-ol
Birth name
Hangul	김용옥
Hanja	金容沃
Revised Romanization	Gim Yong-ok
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yong-ok

Kim Yong-ok (Korean: 김용옥; born June 14, 1948) is a South Korean philosopher. His art name is Do-ol. His name is sometimes rendered as To-ol Kim Young-oak.

Kim Yong-ok (literally "Gold Dragon Jade") was born June 14, 1948, in Cheonan.^[2]

Once a leading professor of the Oriental Classics at Korea University, Kim became a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, a playwright and movie-director, and is now professor emeritus of Chung-ang University. He lectures on KBS TV on his modern interpretations of classical Daoism (Lao-tzu), the Analects of Confucius, and Zen Buddhism (the Diamond Sutra).^[3]

Kim graduated from Korea University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He received master's degrees at both the National Taiwan University and the University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, his paper being about Wang Fuzhi. He also received a Doctor of Oriental Medicine from Wonkwang University.^[4]

In June 2019, Kim was sued for defamation by the family of former president Syngman Rhee for his speeches on his talk show Do-ol Ah-in Going All Directions, where he allegedly called Rhee a puppet of the United States and the Soviet Union who was responsible for the Division of Korea and the mass murder of Jeju people in the Jeju Uprising.^[5]

Kim has one daughter, Miru Kim, who works as an artist, photographer, and arts events coordinator.

• Miru Kim

• Hyegang Choe Han-gi wa Yugyo / Tool Kim Yong-ok. Soul-si : Tongnamu, 2004. (Series: Kim, Yong-ok, Selections. 2003 ; 3.) LCCN B5254.C54K538
• 동양학 어떻게 할 것인가 / minumsa, 1985.
• 여자란 무엇인가 / Tongnamu, 1986.
• 중고생을 위한 철학강의 / Tongnamu,
• 절차탁마 대기만성 / Tongnamu,
• 독기학설 / Tongnamu,
• 백두산 신곡, 기철학 강론 / Tongnamu,
• 기철학 산조 / Tongnamu,
• 노자철학 이것이다 / Tongnamu,
• 신한국기 / Tongnamu,
• 대화 / Tongnamu,
• 석도화론 / Tongnamu,
• 건강하세요 / Tongnamu,
• 너와 나의 한의학 / Tongnamu,
• 기옹은 이렇게 말했다 / Tongnamu,
• 태권도 철학의 구성원리 / Tongnamu,
• 새춘향뎐 / Tongnamu,
• 시나리오 장군의 아들 / Tongnamu,
• 천명 개벽 / Tongnamu,
• 화두 혜능과 세익스피어 / Tongnamu,
• 도올세설 / Tongnamu,
• 금강경강해 / Tongnamu, 1999
• 노자와 21세기 1,2,3 / Tongnamu, 1999
• 도올 논어 1,2,3 / Tongnamu,2001
• 요한복음 강해 / Tongnamu, 2007
• 기독교 성서의 이해 / Tongnamu, 2007
• 큐복음서 / Tongnamu, 2009
• 계림수필 / Tongnamu, 2010
• 논어 역주 / Tongnamu, 2009
• 효경 역주 / Tongnamu, 2009
• 맹자-사람의 길 1,2-상,하 / Tongnamu, 2012
• 대학, 학기 역주 / Tongnamu, 2010
• 중용역주 / Tongnamu, 2011
• 중용 인간의 맛 / Tongnamu, 2011
• 사랑하지 말자 / Tongnamu, 2012
• 도올의 아침놀 / Tongnamu, 2012
• 도올의 교육 입국론 / Tongnamu, 2015
• 도올, 시진핑을 말하다 / Tongnamu, 2016
• 박원순과 도올 국가를 말하다 / Tongnamu, 2016
• 도올의 로마서 강해-A Commentary on the Epistle of Paul to the Romans / Tongnamu, 2017