Dongguk-yǒji-sǔngram (English)

Japanese: 東国輿地勝覧 - とうごくよちしょうらん（英語表記）Tongguk-yǒji-sǔngram

A cultural history geography book compiled by the government during the Joseon Dynasty (Yi Dynasty). After the foundations of the Joseon Dynasty were established, they began compiling a geography book for all provinces, following the example of the Chinese Daeming Il Tong Zhi. First, in the 14th year of King Sejong's reign (1432), Yun Hwae, Shin Hyeon and others compiled the Shinsen Hadokdo Geography (8 volumes), which was incorporated into the Sejong Sillok Geography. The first draft was produced in the 12th year of King Seongjong's reign (81), and the revised Shinsen Yeoji Seungnam (55 volumes) was produced in the 18th year of King Seongjong's reign. These were further revised, and in the 25th year of King Jungjong's reign (1530), in the early 16th century, a book was published under the order of Yi Gang and others to be expanded as Shinzen Dongguk Yeoji Seungnam (55 volumes), which was revised somewhat in the 3rd year of King Gwanghaegun's reign (1611). The book includes maps of Kyoto, Hanseong, Kaesongbu, and all eight provinces, prefectures, counties, and prefectures, and has 26 sections including the history of their establishment, county names, surnames, customs, scenic spots, mountains and rivers, souvenirs, castles, barrier defenses, beacons, palaces, pavilions, schools, stations, bridges, departments, public offices, Buddhas, shrines, tombs, historical sites, famous eunuchs, people, filial sons, heroic women, and poems. It is an important geographical work as a source of cultural history, including not only citations of important documents but also poetry and traditional records. It was published in 1958 in a single volume bound in Western style by the Korean Classics Publishing Society.

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Japanese:

朝鮮，朝鮮王朝 (李朝) 時代に官撰された文化史的地誌。朝鮮王朝では王朝の基礎が成立すると，中国の『大明一統志』などにならって全道の地誌の編纂に着手し，まず世宗 14 (1432) 年に，尹淮，申檣らによって『新撰八道地理志』 (8巻) を撰進し，それが『世宗実録地理志』に編入された。さらに成宗 12 (81) 年に第1稿が，同 18年に改撰の『新撰輿地勝覧』 (55巻) ができた。それらはさらに手を加えられ，16世紀前半の中宗 25 (1530) 年に，李こうらに命じて増補させたものが『新増東国輿地勝覧』 (55巻) として刊行され，光海君3 (1611) 年に多少改訂された。京都，漢城，開城府のほか全8道の各州，府，郡，県について略図を付し，建置の沿革，郡名，姓氏，風俗，形勝，山川，土産，城郭，関防，烽燧，宮室，楼亭，学校，駅院，橋梁，部坊，公廨，仏宇，祠廟，陵墓，古跡，名宦，人物，孝子，烈女，題詠など 26の項目があり，重要な文献の引用だけでなく，詩文や伝承記録まで包括されていて，文化史の史料としても重要な地誌である。 1958年大韓民国で古典刊行会から洋装本1冊として出版された。

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