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