The Fantasy Garden in East Asian Tradition: A Case Study of a Garden Record in Seo Yugu’s Treatises on Rural Living

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Seoul Journal of Korean Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-15 DOI:10.1353/seo.2021.0007

H. Zou, Myengsoo Seo

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Abstract:This paper presents an annotated translation and hermeneutic interpretation of a garden record in Seo Yugu’s nineteenth-century Korean encyclopedia Treatises on Rural Living (Imwon gyeongje ji 林園經濟志). This particular garden record is about a fantasy garden called To-Become Garden (Jangchwiwon 將就園). The translation, historical annotations, and hermeneutic interpretation presented in this paper help define the concept of a fantasy garden in East Asian architecture and uncover the Taoist hermitage in the humanistic, social, and environmental context of premodern Korea, at a time when Korea was experiencing a philosophical shift from traditional Neo-Confucianism to the emerging social movement of “practical learning” (Sirhak). This paper demonstrates that Seo’s encyclopedic composition of garden theories mixes his cultural perception of Korean mountain landscapes, his life experience of a practical hermitage, and his fantasy of a Taoist paradise. A comparison is drawn between Seo’s philosophy of life and Western critical philosophy at the dawn of modernity.

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东亚传统中的梦幻花园——以徐《乡村生活论》中的一个花园记录为例

摘要：本文对徐的19世纪韩国百科全书《农村生活论》（Imwon gyeongjie ji林園經濟志). 这个特别的花园记录是关于一个名为“成为花园”的幻想花园（Jangchwiwon將就園). 本文提供的翻译、历史注释和解释学解释有助于定义东亚建筑中的梦幻花园概念，并揭示前现代韩国人文、社会和环境背景下的道教隐居，当时，韩国正经历着从传统理学到新兴的“实学”社会运动（Sirhak）的哲学转变。本文展示了徐百科全书式的园林理论构成，融合了他对朝鲜山地景观的文化感知、他对现实隐士的生活体验和他对道教天堂的幻想。本文将徐的人生哲学与现代性初期的西方批判哲学进行了比较。

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