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The principle of understanding the mountains as a continuous system also applies in creating a map. The most representativeevidence is found in the oldest korean world map, called Honilkangleeyuktaegukjidoh (1402) created by Kawn Keun, Kim Sahyung, Lee Whui, and Lee Mu. Lee Mu used the main mountain ridges to represent Korea. The same technique continues in Tongguljidoh (1463), the oldest map of Korea, by Yang Sungji (1415-1482) and Jung Chuck (1390-1475), Chosunbangyukjidoh(1557, national treasure No. 248, refer to picture 6) by Lee Ee, Tonggukyajidoh (1710) by Yun Dooseo, Tonggukjidoh (1678-1752) by Jung Sangki, and Chosunjundoh (1757).
The atlas Seobookpiayangkaemanleeilram of the mid 18th century records that Mt. Kohnryun in China and Mt BD are bound in "Maek". The term "Maek" is used frequently in the book. Examples are ".Taemaek progressing south of Mt. Kum? and "capital city's great maek (Hando-Taemaek)." Hando-Taemaek appears to mean the same as Hanbook-Jungmaek. The same material appears in the atlas Chunhasanchunmaekrakdoh of the late 18th century.
In the atlas Chunggudoh (1834), Kim Junghoh says that the waters and the mountains are the muscles, bones, andthe blood streams of the land. This idea appears in more detailin Taedongyuajidoh (1861). Taedongyuajidoh is the most accurate and original map of all in Korean history. It has the most accurate representation of Baekdoodaegan's features. Unlike Shankyungpyo whereeach individual mountain ridge is labeled, Taedongyuajidoh relates all mountain ridges to one another. The mountain ridges are categorizedinto four different ranks depending on the position of the watershed of each ridge (refer to picture 7).
In 1899, the very first modernized map Taehanchundoh was made under the Japanese occpation. Finally, a map in a 1:50,000 scale was created as a part of "land survey project" run by the Japanese government in 1909. By then, the notion of Baekdoodaegan was found nowhere.
People call it a paradigm shift when there is a change in the pattern of phenomenon or a way of thinking. This change in the traditional geographical view is not a paradigm shift, but a loss. In other words, it is the loss of love for the nation.
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