12 Geomantic Modification of Landforms

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables xiii
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. Toward a History of Geomancy in Korea
6. Introduction 3
7. The Eight Periods in the History of Korean Geomancy 23
8. Geomancy and Major Social Upheavals (Armed Uprisings) in the History of Korea 61
9. Government Affairs Relating to Geomancy during the Time of Premodern Korea 71
10. A Glimpse of Environmental Management through Geomancy in Korean History 81
11. Principal Characteristics of Korean Geomancy 97
12. Selected Topics in Korean Geomancy
13. Geomantic Practices of Water Acquisition and Management during the Chosŏn Dynasty 115
14. Geomantic Folk Narratives on the Bamboo Groves in Chinju City 139
15. Geomancy and Traditional Architecture during the Chosŏn Dynasty 163
16. Geomantic Aesthetics in a Traditional Korean Garden 221
17. Geomantic Landscape of a Sailing Boat 253
18. Geomantic Modification of Landforms 275
19. Geomancy and Psychology 297
20. Geomancy and Buddhism 313
21. Geomantic Discourses of the Chosŏn Confucian Literati 329
22. Geomantic Ideas in T’aengniji Manuscripts 353
23. Concluding Remarks and Reflections 373
24. References 377
25. Contributors 403
26. Index 407