[Yi Eui-sin was a specialist in Geomancy. His craft came into being
evidently as a by-product of Taoism, but has had mixed in it elements
of ancient Chinese philosophy. The Positive and the Negative, the
Two Primary Principles in Nature, play a great part; also the Five
Elements, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. In the selection of a
site, that for a house is called a "male" choice, while the grave is
denominated the "female" choice.
Millions of money have been expended in Korea on the geomancer and
his associates in the hope of finding lucky homes for the living and
auspicious resting-places for the dead, the Korean idea being that, in
some mysterious way, all our fortune is associated with Mother Earth.]