This study is about compare the ‘residential environments’ between Mooijungsa in Mount Mooi, China and Oksan Seowon, focusing on Mooi Gugok and Oksan Seowon Gugok. This study consists of the total five chapters about the relations of origins of Gu...
This study is about compare the ‘residential environments’ between Mooijungsa in Mount Mooi, China and Oksan Seowon, focusing on Mooi Gugok and Oksan Seowon Gugok. This study consists of the total five chapters about the relations of origins of Gugok gardens in China and Korea, spatial distributions in both Korean and Chinese Gugok gardens, and comparison between Korean and Chinese Gugok gardens, and finally there are conclusions and suggestions for the development of Oksan Gugok Seowon.
Chapter 1 < Residential environment outside the Korean Seowons > explains the background to set Gugok in China and the historical background that residential environment outside Seowons in Joseon mimicked Zhu Xi’s Mooigugok.
Chapter 2 < The Korean Gugok Garden and the Origin from China > describes that Confucians in Joseon worshiped Zhu Xi and they also considered natural landscapes of mountains and waters as utopia due to their regret for factions and then, Gugok gardens was set and the garden’s characteristics in designs. In addition, the characteristics of rivers in Mount Mooi and in Korea are mentioned with the explanations on the locations of Gugok.
Chapter 3 < Spatial Distribution of Korean Gugok Gardens > contains the statistics of Gugok gardens in Korea by region and explains geographical characteristics and historical origin of the regions concentrated with Gugoks. In addition, the Gugoks set between the Japanese Colonial Times and the present are also described.
Chapter 4 < Comparison between Korean and Chinese Gugok Gardens > describes the respective characteristics of Mooi Gugok and Oksan Gugok and then compares both the places based on them. The chapter offers detailed descriptions with several sections including topography and geology, who set Gugok and next generations of the scholars, culture and ideas, poetic drawing and stone carving, landscaping, and making the meanings in the landscapes.
Chapter 5 < Summary and Suggestions for Development > summarizes the study, explains the contemporary meanings of Oksan Seowon and Oksan Gugok, and makes some suggestions for developing them.