Disappearing Pure Korean Place Names

Prologue | Dolor and Pride •

1. Names of Villages That Have Disappeared Over the Past 100 Years
Where Is Baegae? • 15
Changes in the Names of All Administrative Villages • 20
Principles for Hanja Transcription • 23
Arbitrary Changes to Village Names by the Japanese? • 36
Reading Hanja and the Sad Reality of Pure Korean Place Names 에서 it은 뭔고?

2. Anticipating the Revival of the Good Old Name
“Dokseom”
Dokseom, a Name that has Disappeared • 53
In Search of Dokseom • 58
Creation and Establishment of New Place Names Prior to 1882 • 68
The Unreasonable Argument of Shimojo Masao • 77
A New Proposal, A Wild Dream • 81

3. Place Names Serving as Signposts for Travelers on the Road 런!
Dorogo(Record of Routes and Roads), Daedongjiji (Geography of Korea), and Daedongyeojido(Territorial Map of the Great East) • 93
Uiju-gil: From Jangdan-eup in Northern Gyeonggi-do Province to Seoul • 96
Dongnae-gil: From Juksan-eup in Gyeonggi-do Province to Seoul • 111
Haenam-gil: From Sinchang-eup in Chungcheong-do Province to Seoul • 123
Pyeonghae-gil: From Wonju-eup in Gangwon-do Province to Seoul • 136

4. Place Names of Boatmen Inscribed on the Waterways
Waterways for Transportation of All Commodities • 153
From Mokgye in Chungju to Eumnaru in Yeoju • 156
From Eumnaru in Yeoju to Dumulmeori in Yangpyeong • 177
From Dumulmeori to Yongsan and Samgae Below Old Seoul • 191
From Ganghwa to Samgae and Yongsan via Boat

5. Pure Korean Place Names in Outer Seoul
The Road from the South to Sungnyemun Gate • 223
The Road from the Southwest to Sungnyemun Gate and Souimun Gate(Seosomun Gate) • 234
The Road from the West and the Northwest to Donuimun Gate • 240
Other Pure Korean Place Names Outside the Seoul City Walls • 245
The Road from the South to Gwanghuimun Gate • 248
The Road from the East to Heunginjimun Gate • 252

6. Exploration of Place Names Inside Seoul City Walls
The Road from Sungnyemun Gate to Sejong-daero Intersection • 258
The Road from Donuimun Gate to Sejong-daero Intersection • 262
The Road from Heunginjimun Gate to Jonggak • 263
The Road from Jongno 3(sam)-ga Intersection to Donhwamun Gate • 267
The Road from Souimun Gate(Seosomun Gate) to Jonggak • 269
The Road from Gwanghuimun Gate to Sungnyemun Gate • 273
The Road from Gwanghuimun Gate to Jageun-gwanggyo • 281
Names of Bridges over Cheonggyecheon Stream • 285
The Road from Hyehwamun Gate(Dongsomun Gate) to Jongno • 288
The Road between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace • 291
The Road between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Mt. Inwangsan •

7. In Search of the Lost Hometown Names
Pure Korean Name of My Beloved Hometown • 304
Ssanghak 2(i)-ri, Another Familiar Name of My Hometown • 312
A New Place Name, Bibong-myeon • 316
Batkke, Home of My Maternal Relatives • 318
The Villages of My Friends at Bibong Elementary School • 322
Names of Villages I Saw on the Way to School in Suwon • 336

Table 1. Cases of 獨(Dok) appearing as the first letter of pure Korean land names in Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam(A Comprehensive Survey of Korean Place Names). • 344
Table 2. Cases of “Dok” used to mean “Dol”(stone, 石) in pure Korean land names in Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam(A Comprehensive Survey of Korean Place Names). • 350
Table 3. Cases of the pure Korean word “dok” which was written in Hanja as “seok”(石) in Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam(A Comprehensive Survey of Korean Place Names). • 366