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The attitude of the Korean for dwelling house and the viewpoints about nature are described in 'Shijo(a kind of short lyric poem)'. The purpose of this study is to find out the concepts of Korean traditional dwelling house through the 'Shijo'. The results of study are as follows. The concept of the traditional house is that the houses are regarded as a place of ideal seclusion, a part of nature, a resting place, a place of social life. The garden was composed of the natural and artificial element on principle of naturalness and introduction of the natural landscape, and the composition elements of the garden had the symbolic meanings.