p’ungsuchirisol

p’ungsuchirisol, (Korean: “theory of wind, water, and land”), in Korean religion, geomancy, a belief that the natural environment of a particular location can influence the fortune of its inhabitants and descendants. It derives from the Chinese notion of feng-shui (“wind-water”), which developed from observation of chronic catastrophies wrought in China by winds and floods. Also implied is the Chinese concept of yinyang (two contrary but complementary principles that explain all change) and the doctrine of...