Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-23

1an-gook-tne Korean pronouno,
of Tai Kieh-and its meaning is On
tically identical with that in Cbir pSc'
is the national emblem of Koreo
The word Korea, Mr.. Holt SOW
rived from Kao, the first king "Kao Ne
being the form in which it anS
among the Koreans. The Korearn
speaking of the country, also nvo M
Chinese words, "Chao Seino wv
nounced by the Koreans, Chosen p'O.
meaning before the dawn" or "mo r,u
ing calm" The name Korea rot,a
freely translated, means therefore ga,
land of the morning calm" from, on
which is evolved our word Korea n,
two principals of Nature-the W
and Yin of the Chinese-are renra
sented by red and blue in the To-
cook. Red is the royal color; bno :.
the color of the east. the morning rho
Tab cook. therefore, to Koreans. meon.
The Kingdom of the Morning"
The Koreans arrange the Yang ana
Yin horizontally or angularly inste,a
of vertically, The Japanese use tb,o.
heads instead of two, and the colors o,o
red, blue and green. The japanese tho
common people at least, regard the
symbol with superstitious awe and IL 10
made in silver discs the size of a hale
dollar and carried in the sleeve ~
the "kimono" as charm.
In Korea the use and meanings of the
Tah-gook seem nearly or quite as diff.
fused and various as those of the Tai
Kieh in China. On the Korean national
flag the red and blue yang and Yinl
are found upon a white field
Enough has been written to show tho
wide influence exercised among Orien-
tai peoples by the Monad, Tai Kieb
Tah-g cook, or trademark, however one
wishes to speak of it; how it perme-
ates all life, actually and practically.
how beautifully it lends itself to the
mysteries of eastern philosophical
speculation.
But note how appropriately it takes
it's place as the symbol or trademark
Of great transportation company.
Light and darkness. force and matter.
motion and rest, fire and water, all are
contained within this mysterious figure
and all are closely related in the call
ing for which the emblem stands. ay
and night the great freight and pala-.
tial passenger trains of the Northern
Pacific railway, through the agency of
fire and water, are now in rapid motion
and again at rest throughout the mid
continent region of the great republic
of the Occident.
Where could a more Appropriate en-
blem for a great transportation COM
pany be found than in this design?
Motion and rest" force and mat
ter" OF which the figure conceives are
most effectively exemplified and mani
tested in the pursuit which, il symbol
ICES. 1t would almost seem that Chow
Lien XII, with the far-seeing vision of
the Yang and Yin, looked forward to
that time in the nineteenth century
when the Northern Pacific railway, in
need of a device emblematic of its call
llS, WOulu Oe uTdWH " Lie NTedl LA
treme" formulated by himself and
which had been awaiting it's coming for
6, 1000 years.
1t would thus appear that one of the
great transcontinental railway COM
of the United States has, by
the adoption of it's unique trademark
linked closer together the old Chinese,
Japanese and Korean civilizations with
the newer one Of America that the steel
rails of the Northern Pacific, in con-
nection with the steamships of its CO.
partner in commerce. the Northern Pa
cifics Steamship company, have estab-
lished a new bond between the young
republic and the old empire, the Occi-
dent and the Orient.