cosmic year

우주 년 : cosmic year [kάzmik jiər]
선천 : Early Heaven [ə́ːrli hevən]
후천 : Later Heaven [léitər hevən]
개벽 : gaebyeok [gӕbjək]
가을개벽 : Autumn Gaebyeok [ɔ́ːtəm gӕbjək]
우주의 봄 : cosmic spring [kάzmik spriŋ]
우주의 여름 : cosmic summer [kάzmik sʌmər]
우주의 가을 : cosmic autumn [kάzmik ɔːtəm]
우주의 겨울 : cosmic winter [kάzmik ɔːtəm]
생장염장 : birth, growth, harvest and rest [bəːrθ, grouθ, hάːrvist ӕn rest]
대빙하기 : Great Ice Age [greit ais eidʒ]

 

The Fundamental Principle of Change

 

I wield the fourfold principle
of birth, growth, harvest, and rest—
this is the way of change through non-action.
The sun and moon follow their courses
at My command.
If heaven deviates from its principle,
nothing can exist.
-English Dojeon 2:16:1~3