The Transformation of Traditional Notions of Geography in East Asia and Its Environs Caused by the Introduction of the Modern Discipline of Geography

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The results of our research group are as follows.(1) We could find some traces of East Asian traditional geography.The idea of feng shui has been adopted to settlement and house building in East Asia such as especially in southern region of China, Korea and Okinawa.(2) Asian people's view of the world was expanded by the acceptance of European geography.(3) The geography of colonial countries was modernized by the influence of geographical thought of suzerain.(4) East Asia in early modern age was the object of research by European geographers. Such as for Asian agriculture, their method lacked the native view of rice cultivation.(5) Nowadays geography education of universities in East Asia is practicing by the system of European or American method. Geographical contribution to national planning is depends on the significance of geography which the country recognize.