Dokdo-or-Takeshima?: 1831 May 14 - Lee Gyeong-jeong (李慶鼎) Inspects Ulleungdo

17.11.07

1831 May 14 - Lee Gyeong-jeong (李慶鼎) Inspects Ulleungdo

The following is a May 14, 1831 record of Samcheok Commander Lee Gyeong-jeong's (李慶鼎)April inspection of Ulleungdo, as recorded in the Ilseongrok (日省錄), which was a Korean record of the daily affairs of state in the Joseon and Korean Empire periods from 1760 to 1910 .

This record is especially interesting because it said there was a herd of about 110 sea lions in the vicinity of Hyeonseok-gumi (玄石龜尾 - Hyeonseok Cove) and Jusa-bong (朱砂峯), which were on the north shore of Ulleungdo. Some Korean historians claim that Koreans used to travel ninety-two kilometers beyond Ulleungdo to Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo) to hunt sea lions, but this record clearly shows that these Koreans hunted their sea lions on Ulleungdo, not Liancourt Rocks.

Gangwon Governor Yun Seong-tae (尹聲大) Reports to the King about Ulleungdo Inspection.
On April 8th, Samcheok Commander Lee Gyeong-jeong (李慶鼎) lead low-ranking officials (員役) to Ulleungdo's Hwangto-gumi (黄土龜尾 - "Golden Clay Cove"), where they anchored. Surveying the geography of the island, they saw Byeongpung Rock (屛風巖 - "Folding Screen Rock") on the right and Hwangto Cave (黄土窟 - "Golden Clay Cave") on the left. The juniper trees on the mountain peaks had not yet changed colors (非不交翠) and they were all short and small. They searched the whole day for juniper to present to the king, but barely harvested more than they started with. They then headed to Hyeonseok-gumi (玄石龜尾 - "Black Rock Cove"), where they saw a herd of about 110 sea lions mooing like cows. They got two of them with guns and clubs. They looked up and saw the highest peak, which they judged to be the so-called, Jusa-bong (朱砂峯 - "Cinnabar Peak"). Thus, they proceeded to inspect around the island without incident.
I am presenting a map of the island and 2 pieces of rosewood incense (紫檀香), which are sealed in this letter. As is the custom, the subjects of the king will send ten more pieces of rosewood incense (紫檀香) , three green bamboo, six seung (升) of red ocher (石間朱), and two sea lions (可支魚). After each is measured, they will be sent to the Bibyeonsa (備邊司).
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江原監司尹聲大以鬱陵島搜討馳啓
狀啓以爲今年搜討三陟營將李慶鼎去四月初八日率員役到泊於鬱陵島黃土龜尾看審島形則屛風巖在其右黃土窟在其左山頂香木非不交翠而皆是短矮進上香木盡日搜括僅斫原數仍向玄石龜尾則可支魚百十爲群吼哮如牛或砲或棒捉得二首仰看最高之峯是謂朱砂峯而環一島蹤跡殆遍搜察備至而幸無處矣本島圖形進上元封紫檀香二吐加封十吐靑竹三箇石間朱六升可支魚二領依例自臣營一一尺量後上送于備邊司

1831 May 14 - Ulleungdo Inspection Combined

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Kaneganese17/11/07 22:29
GTOMR wrote;
"間違っていたらすみませんが、が、（黄土X尾に着いたとき、）屏風岩が右にあり、黄土窟が左に有る、という記述だと思われますが、いかがでしょうか?"

看審島形則屛風巖在其右黃土窟在其左山頂香木非不交翠而皆是短矮進上香木
この一文ですね。地形が把握出来ていると、訳がより正確になりますよね。則にとらわれてしまったようです。

訂正版です。
他の部分は如何でしょうか?

江原監司尹聲大が鬱陵島の搜討についてご報告致します。
今年も搜討を行いましたのでご報告致します。三陟營將李慶鼎が去る四月八日に人員を率いて鬱陵島黃土龜尾へ到着し、泊まりました。島の形を観察しました。すると屛風巖が右にあり、黃土窟が左に在りました。山頂には香木が短いけれど交わらずにまっすぐ上に伸びていました。香木を進上致します。昼になって探索を初めましたが、わずかに荒野があるばかりなので、玄石龜尾に向かいました。すると、アシカ？（可友魚）が百十者群れをなして牛の如く吼えていたので、棒などを使って二頭捕えました。最も高い峯を仰ぎ見ると、それが所謂朱砂峯です。島をぐるっとまわって殆ど全ての浜辺（？）捜索することが出来ましたので、大変幸いに思い、ここに、謹んで本島の地図（圖形）を進上致します。また、紫檀香二吐に加えて、紫檀香十吐靑竹三箇、石間朱六升アシカ（可支魚）二頭を同封します。例に習って、家臣の營一より一尺量を後で備邊司へ送ります。
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GTOMR17/11/07 22:54
TO Kaneganese-san
斫原數仍向玄石龜尾

この部分ですが、
斫原數は、1918年の総督府地圖で、香木亭と玄浦の間にある香木亭の山のふもとの海岸付近（黒斫之）だと思われます。
その斫原數を越えると玄石龜尾があるといった描写だと思います。
http://dokdo-or-takeshima.blogspot.com
/2007/11/1918
-japanese-map-of-ulleungdo.html

少し修正しておきました↓
Compare the discription above 1831 and the map of Ullungdo below(古2701-02）.
http://www16.tok2.com/home/otakeshimaoxdokdox/
1831Analasysmapofulleungdo.JPG
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Anonymous17/11/07 23:20
江原監司尹聲大が鬱陵島搜討について国王に申し上げた

今年搜討した三陟營將李慶鼎は去る四月初八日に随行者を率いて鬱陵島の黄土龜尾に到着して宿泊した。島の形を概観してみるならば、即ち屏風巖がその右にあり、黄土窟が其の左にある。山頂の香木は交翠（ひすいを交ぜあわす・意味不明）ではないものはなく皆短く矮小である。献上する香木はことごとく搾取して原数（原数・意味不明）をわずかに削った。玄石龜尾に向かって行くと百十頭ほどのアシカが群れを成して牛のようにおたけびをあげていた。鉄砲を使ったり棒でたたいたりして二頭を捕まえた。最高峰の山を仰ぎ見るにこれを朱砂峯という。
このようにしてつつがなく島を一周し踏み跡をあまねく調査することが出来た。本島の図形を献上し元封の紫檀香２個加封（の紫檀香？）１０個青竹3個石間朱六升アシカ２頭を臣下（臣下＝私）の陣営から前例に従って一つずつ重さを量った後で備邊司に送り届けた。敬語をつかうべきでした。。
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Kaneganese17/11/07 23:29
Yabutarouさん

ありがとうございました。
早速、英訳しますね。
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Kaneganese18/11/07 00:08
Gerry, this is the translation, though we are not perfectly sure about how to treat 斫原數 part. Please correct my English and make it elegant...

江原監司尹聲大 reported king about Ulleundo inspection.

On 8th of April, 三陟營將李慶鼎 lead the others, and he reached to 黄土龜尾 in Ulleundo and stayed there overnight. When he saw the shapes of the island from there, there was 屏風巖 on the right and 黄土窟 on the left. There were no aromatic trees which are not "交翠"(← We don't know what it means. Maybe a some kind of green colour?) and they are all short and small. We cut all the aromatic trees to make a present of king and shaved a bit of "原数" ( Or if "斫原數" is a proper noun as GTOMR thinks, the sentence should be "We searched for the aromatic trees for a king's present whole day, but we had only a few in 斫原數. ) Then we went to 玄石龜尾 and saw a 110 of sealions hawling like a cow. We captured two of them with a bat and so on. When we look up the highest mountain, we see so-called 朱砂峯.

Thus we could succeed in inspecting around the island without any harm. I will offer the map of this island and 2 of aromatic tree(紫檀香) which I sealed in this letter. Addition to that, we, the subjects of the king sent 10 more aromatic tree(紫檀香) , 3 blue bamboos, 6升 of 石間朱 and 2 of sealions to 備邊司 after mesuring each of them following with precedent.
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GTOMR18/11/07 00:40
交翠 is the good tree's expression in the Chinese poem that the leaf and branch crossing.
(翠 is green/green color)

Im not sure because lack of other examples,I guess they miswrite "敷"as "數", but better to postpone the part and wait reply Yabatarou-san.
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Gerry Bevers18/11/07 03:10
Great job, you guys. Thanks.

Please check and make sure I did not mess up the translation with my edits.
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NE Shore of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도)

This satellite photo shows Ulleungdo's neighboring islands of Gwaneumdo (觀音島) and Jukdo (竹島) off Ulleungdo's east shore. Gwaneumdo is only about 100 meters offshore and looks more like a cape than an island. Jukdo is about 2 km offshore. The old Korean name for Jukdo was "Usando" (于山島), as many of Korea's old maps show. Koreans claim that Usando was Korea's old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no documents or maps to prove it. Also, Liancourt Rocks is about ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo and are essentially two islands, but all of Korea's old maps show it as one island just off shore of Ulleungdo.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1860 - 1872)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed it with a small island off its eastern shore labeled as "Usan" (于山). Hash marks at the bottom of the map showed that Usan was less than 4 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. That would mean that it would be Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo and is essentially two islands, not one. The map is stored in the National Library of Korea.

"Cheonggudo" (靑邱圖) Atlas (1834)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed Usan (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. The hash marks at the bottom of the map showed the island to be about 4 km offshore. Usando was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo, which is about 2.2 km of Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim false. The map is stored in Seoul National University's Kyujanggak Center for Korean Studies.

"Dong Yeodo" (東輿圖) Atlas (1795 - 1800)

This map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a neighboring island labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), which is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map and many others prove that claim wrong. The map is stored in Japan's "University of Tsukuba Library" (筑波大学附属図書館).

"Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖) - 1800 - 1822

This map of Ullelungdo (鬱陵島) is from the Korean atlas "Joseon-do" (朝鮮圖), which is believed to have been made sometime between 1800 and 1822. Ulleungdo is shown with a neighboring island labeled as Usan (于山). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島) was the old Korean name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others show that it was Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島), which is Ulleungdo's largest neighboring island and only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. The map is stored in the Osaka Nakanoshima Library (中之島圖書館).

"Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿) - late 1800s?)

This map of Ulleungdo comes from an atlas entitled "Gwandong Bangyeo" (關東方輿), which was probably made in the late 1800s since the map is very similarly to another map of Ulleungdo that was made between 1884 and 1894. The mapmaker used gridlines to help show relative size and distance. The map shows Ulleungdo with a small island off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山), which was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도). Jukdo is Ulleungdo's largest neighoring island and is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Koreans claim that Usando was the old Korean name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but they have no maps or documents to prove it. The map is stored in the Korean National Library.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1750 - 1768)

This Korean map of Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) showed "Usan" (于山 - 우산) as a neighboring island. The grid lines on the map helped show the small island's relative distance from Ulleungdo. Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old Korean name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about 2.2 km off Ulleungdo's east shore. Korean's claim that Usando was the old name for "Dokdo" (Liancourt Rocks), but this map and many others prove that claim false.

Inspector's Map of Ulleungdo (1711)

The map is an inspector's map that showed Ulleungdo with an island off its east shore labeled as "the so-called Usando" (所謂于山島). The small island was also labeled as having "fields of haejang bamboo" (海長竹田). Koreans claim that Usando was Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map shows that it could not have been Dokdo since Dokdo is just rocks without the soil to grow haejang bamboo. Also, Usando was shown as a neighboring island of Ulleungdo, but Dokdo is 92 km southeast of Ulleungdo. Stored in Seoul Nat'l University's Kyujanggak Institute of Korean Studies.

"Haejwa Jeondo" (海左全圖) - mid 1800s

This old Korean map showed Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usan" (于山 - 우산). Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is evidence against the Korean claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands 92 kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usan on this map is just off Ulleungdo's east shore and is only one island. In fact, Usando was the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore.

Carte de la Coree (1846)

This map was made iin 1846 by Kim Dae-geon (金大建), who was Korea's first Catholic priest. He made this map for the benefit of the French priest he works with. He was killed by the Joseon government the same year this map was made. The map shows Ulleungdo labeled in French as "Oulangto" and its neighboring island of Usando labeled as "Ousan." Koreans claim that Usando (于山島 - 우산도) was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rock), but this map shows Usando as one island just of the east shore of Ulleungdo. That tells us that Usando was almost certainly Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is only 2 kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. Also, this island could not have been Liancourt Rocks since Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands not one. The original of this map is stored in the National Library of France.

Joseon Jeondo (朝鮮全圖) from the "Gakdo Jido" (各道地圖) Atlas (latter 18th c.)

This old Korean map showed an island labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도) just off the east shore of Ulleundo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks), but this map is more evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but this map shows Usando as one island just off Ulleungdo's east shore. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in Korea's Yeongnam University Museum.

"Joseon Jido" (朝鮮地圖) Atlas (1898)

"Donggyeong San Cheon - Paldo Jido (東京山川八道地圖) Atlas (date unknown)

"Jeongukdo" (全國圖) from the "Dongguk Daecheondo" (東國大全圖) - 1740

This old Korean map shows Ulleungdo (鬱陵島 - 울릉도) with a small neighboring island just off its east shore labeled as "Usando" (于山島 - 우산도). Koreans claim that Usando was the old name for Dokdo, but this map is evidence against that claim. Liancourt Rocks is essentially two islands ninety-two kilometers southeast of Ulleungdo, but the Usando on this map is one island just off the east shore of Ulleungdo. Usando was, in fact, the old name for Ulleungdo's neighboring island of Jukdo (竹島 - 죽도), which is about two kilometers off Ulleungdo's east shore. This map is stored in the Korean National Museum.

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1831 May 14 - Lee Gyeong-jeong (李慶鼎) Inspects Ulleungdo

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