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Kohryusajelryo, written by Woo Pilhueng in the 6th year
of king, Kongmin, (1357) the writer says that the Mt.
baekdu and Mt. Cheelee make up the boundaries of the nation.
Another record in Okryong-ki says "The nation starts at
Mt.baekdu and ends at Mt. Cheelee. Those mountains are
the source of waters and trees." This coincides the view
of baekdudaegan. The same concept is also mentioned by
Uh Sookwon in Paekwanchapki during the reign of Myung-jong.
The introduction of Kyungsangdo-cheeleeji published in 1425 records "Mt. baekduis the parent mountain of Machunryung, Mawoonryung, Chulryung ridges and Mt. Kumkang, Mt. Ohdae., and Mt. Chiack. Upon reaching the Kyungsang province, it forms the Mt. Taebaek, and Mt. Sohbaek. From that point, it curves around to form the Mt. Soklee, and Mt. Cheelee, but then it is interrupted by the sea."
The scholar Lee eek (1681-1763) used the term baekdudaegan for the first time in his baekdujungkan of Sunghosasul, volume 1. The record says " baekdudaegan is the chief mountain. From Chulryung all the way to Mt. Taebaek and Mt. Sohbaek, it never ceases to tower into the sky. This is the center of the ridge, Jungkan. The sea of east runs along the left side of the mountain. The ocean and the baekdudaegan share its starting and ending point. The overall configuration of baekdudaegan is that it has its back bone at Mt. baekdu and a lower peak at Mt. Taebaek, and ends at Mt. Cheelee. This must be the reason why people called it BDJungKan".
In Sansoo of Taekleeji, Lee JungHwandescribes the continuous mountain ridges in detail using holistic terminology such as baekdu-daemaek, baekdu-nammaek, and Daekan.
Jung Yakyong (1726-1836) wrote in his Daedongsookyung that all mountains of the nation came from Mt. baekdu, therefore, it is the mother of all mountains." Thus, the title Baeksandaekan was given to Mt. baekdu.
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