Prologue | Dolor and Pride ¤ý
1. Names of Villages That Have Disappeared Over the Past 100 Years
Where Is Baegae? ¤ý 15
Changes in the Names of All Administrative Villages ¤ý 20
Principles for Hanja Transcription ¤ý 23
Arbitrary Changes to Village Names by the Japanese? ¤ý 36
Reading Hanja and the Sad Reality of Pure Korean Place Names ¿¡¼ itÀº ¹º°í?
2. Anticipating the Revival of the Good Old Name
¡°Dokseom¡±
Dokseom, a Name that has Disappeared ¤ý 53
In Search of Dokseom ¤ý 58
Creation and Establishment of New Place Names Prior to 1882 ¤ý 68
The Unreasonable Argument of Shimojo Masao ¤ý 77
A New Proposal, A Wild Dream ¤ý 81
3. Place Names Serving as Signposts for Travelers on the Road ·±!
Dorogo(Record of Routes and Roads), Daedongjiji (Geography of Korea), and Daedongyeojido(Territorial Map of the Great East) ¤ý 93
Uiju-gil: From Jangdan-eup in Northern Gyeonggi-do Province to Seoul ¤ý 96
Dongnae-gil: From Juksan-eup in Gyeonggi-do Province to Seoul ¤ý 111
Haenam-g...il: From Sinchang-eup in Chungcheong-do Province to Seoul ¤ý 123
Pyeonghae-gil: From Wonju-eup in Gangwon-do Province to Seoul ¤ý 136
4. Place Names of Boatmen Inscribed on the Waterways
Waterways for Transportation of All Commodities ¤ý 153
From Mokgye in Chungju to Eumnaru in Yeoju ¤ý 156
From Eumnaru in Yeoju to Dumulmeori in Yangpyeong ¤ý 177
From Dumulmeori to Yongsan and Samgae Below Old Seoul ¤ý 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 ¤ý 223
The Road from the Southwest to Sungnyemun Gate and Souimun Gate(Seosomun Gate) ¤ý 234
The Road from the West and the Northwest to Donuimun Gate ¤ý 240
Other Pure Korean Place Names Outside the Seoul City Walls ¤ý 245
The Road from the South to Gwanghuimun Gate ¤ý 248
The Road from the East to Heunginjimun Gate ¤ý 252
6. Exploration of Place Names Inside Seoul City Walls
The Road from Sungnyemun Gate to Sejong-daero Intersection ¤ý 258
The Road from Donuimun Gate to Sejong-daero Intersection ¤ý 262
The Road from Heunginjimun Gate to Jonggak ¤ý 263
The Road from Jongno 3(sam)-ga Intersection to Donhwamun Gate ¤ý 267
The Road from Souimun Gate(Seosomun Gate) to Jonggak ¤ý 269
The Road from Gwanghuimun Gate to Sungnyemun Gate ¤ý 273
The Road from Gwanghuimun Gate to Jageun-gwanggyo ¤ý 281
Names of Bridges over Cheonggyecheon Stream ¤ý 285
The Road from Hyehwamun Gate(Dongsomun Gate) to Jongno ¤ý 288
The Road between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace ¤ý 291
The Road between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Mt. Inwangsan ¤ý
7. In Search of the Lost Hometown Names
Pure Korean Name of My Beloved Hometown ¤ý 304
Ssanghak 2(i)-ri, Another Familiar Name of My Hometown ¤ý 312
A New Place Name, Bibong-myeon ¤ý 316
Batkke, Home of My Maternal Relatives ¤ý 318
The Villages of My Friends at Bibong Elementary School ¤ý 322
Names of Villages I Saw on the Way to School in Suwon ¤ý 336
Table 1. Cases of Ô¼(Dok) appearing as the first letter of pure Korean land names in Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam(A Comprehensive Survey of Korean Place Names). ¤ý 344
Table 2. Cases of ¡°Dok¡± used to mean ¡°Dol¡±(stone, à´) in pure Korean land names in Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam(A Comprehensive Survey of Korean Place Names). ¤ý 350
Table 3. Cases of the pure Korean word ¡°dok¡± which was written in Hanja as ¡°seok¡±(à´) in Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam(A Comprehensive Survey of Korean Place Names). ¤ý 366