This study investigated the drawing method of the 「 Treatise on Grave Drawing and Mountain」, which is a mountain map produced when the grave site of Sookbin Choi was designated and its characteristics regarding topographical representation. The re...
This study investigated the drawing method of the 「 Treatise on Grave Drawing and Mountain」, which is a mountain map produced when the grave site of Sookbin Choi was designated and its characteristics regarding topographical representation. The results of the study are as follows. The「Treatise on Grave Drawing and Mountain」is composed of the three stages of the title, picture maps and mountain principles, and depicts mountains in three dimensions. The propitious site where the meridian point is located features the surrounding and embracing nature of the land. The bird's eye viewpoint is adopted whose viewpoint is up in the air just above the meridian point on the center of the picture. The semi-perspective method is employed that puts into perspective only the important terrains necessary to form a propitious site. The flow of viewpoints moves from Mt. Sojo to the meridian point of the principal mountain and stops at the meridian point, which is a trait of the center-oriented map. With respect to the map scale, the double scale method is used. This is to depict the propitious site in a more detailed manner. The water ways are all expressed in dotted lines and letters are freely located, but the center is situated in the meridian point. Among the notes to the picture maps are water movements and directions, titles of surrounding Sagyuk, geographical locations and geomantic comments. The mountain explanations adopt a geomantic commentary approach with respect to the terrain judgment.