Hong‐key Yoon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3758029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hong‐key Yoon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hong‐key |
| FAMILY NAME | Yoon |
| SIGNATURE | YOON H K |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Environment at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Geomancy
Geomancy, or fengshui (meaning “wind and water” in Chinese), is “the unique and highly systemized ancient Chinese art of selecting auspicious sites and arranging harmonious structures on them by evaluating the surrounding landscape and cosmological directions.” It has played a key role in the site selection and landscape design of cities and rural settlements, temples and monuments, as well as graves and houses in East Asia.
The Korean Folk Custom Forbidding The Establishment of Water Wells
For over a thousand years many settlements in Korea forbid the digging of water-wells. This custom can be explained using geomancy, which personifies local landscapes or names them after animate or inanimate objects. In ‘sailing boat’ landscapes the digging of water-wells was prohibited because this was viewed as analogous to making a hole in the bottom of a boat, which would thus bring misfortune to local residents. Based on this geomantic reaso…
Human Modification of Korean Landforms for Geomantic Purposes
The geomantic idea of chosan pibo is a particular way of remedying the inadequacies of a geomantic landscape by building small mounds of earth or stones and has been a significant motivation for modifying the environment in Korea. This idea is a part of ancient Chinese geomancy, or feng shui, for determining auspicious sites. Historically, three principal geomantic means have been used to compensate for shortcomings at an auspicious site: buildin…
Morality, goodness and love
Resource development takes place through the transformation of social institutions. The moral dimension is of crucial importance in the evolution of associated management regimes. More than just a code of ethics, moralities are predicated on what is understood to be ‘the good’. Recognition of the good requires a rhetoric beyond those of power and interest. This paper proposes a rhetoric of love. Within this conception of morality, the management …
Human Modification of Korean Landforms for Geomantic Purposes
The geomantic idea of chosan pibo is a particular way of remedying the inadequacies of a geomantic landscape by building small mounds of earth or stones and has been a significant motivation for modifying the environment in Korea. This idea is a part of ancient Chinese geomancy, or feng shui, for determining auspicious sites. Historically, three principal geomantic means have been used to compensate for shortcomings at an auspicious site: buildin…
Morality, goodness and love
Resource development takes place through the transformation of social institutions. The moral dimension is of crucial importance in the evolution of associated management regimes. More than just a code of ethics, moralities are predicated on what is understood to be ‘the good’. Recognition of the good requires a rhetoric beyond those of power and interest. This paper proposes a rhetoric of love. Within this conception of morality, the management …
Morality, goodness and love
Resource development takes place through the transformation of social institutions. The moral dimension is of crucial importance in the evolution of associated management regimes. More than just a code of ethics, moralities are predicated on what is understood to be ‘the good’. Recognition of the good requires a rhetoric beyond those of power and interest. This paper proposes a rhetoric of love. Within this conception of morality, the management …
Human Modification of Korean Landforms for Geomantic Purposes
The geomantic idea of chosan pibo is a particular way of remedying the inadequacies of a geomantic landscape by building small mounds of earth or stones and has been a significant motivation for modifying the environment in Korea. This idea is a part of ancient Chinese geomancy, or feng shui, for determining auspicious sites. Historically, three principal geomantic means have been used to compensate for shortcomings at an auspicious site: buildin…
The Korean Folk Custom Forbidding The Establishment of Water Wells
For over a thousand years many settlements in Korea forbid the digging of water-wells. This custom can be explained using geomancy, which personifies local landscapes or names them after animate or inanimate objects. In ‘sailing boat’ landscapes the digging of water-wells was prohibited because this was viewed as analogous to making a hole in the bottom of a boat, which would thus bring misfortune to local residents. Based on this geomantic reaso…
Geomancy
Geomancy, or fengshui (meaning “wind and water” in Chinese), is “the unique and highly systemized ancient Chinese art of selecting auspicious sites and arranging harmonious structures on them by evaluating the surrounding landscape and cosmological directions.” It has played a key role in the site selection and landscape design of cities and rural settlements, temples and monuments, as well as graves and houses in East Asia.
Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works)