『Correcting Common Sense about Korean History』 is a book by Eunbong Park, the best-selling author of 『100 Scenes from World History』 and 『100 Scenes from Korean History』, which traces the causes of why the general public believes incorrect information about Korean history as 'fact' and reveals the reasons, thereby providing correct common sense about Korean history and a view of Korean history.


As discussed in 'Is Goryeojang a funeral custom of the Goryeo Dynasty?' (p. 47) and 'Is Haengjuchima a word derived from the Battle of Haengju?' (p. 55), the descriptions of 'Haengjuchima' and 'Goryeojang' are full of errors in current elementary school textbooks, and even the alternative textbook 'Living Korean History Textbook', which was written by the National History Teachers Association, a group of current history teachers, and became a hot topic, lists the founding year of Gojoseon in 'Samguk Yusa' as BC
The author points out common misconceptions, such as the one that describes it as 2333 (page 285).

This book, consisting of 5 parts and 44 chapters, presents a progressive perspective on history by deeply and clearly solving problems across Korean history from Gojoseon to the dispatch of troops to Vietnam.

If you look up 'good wife and wise mother' in the Korean dictionary, it comes up like this.
“A good mother to her children, a good wife to her husband.” In English, it is written as ‘a good wife and wise mother’, and in Chinese characters, it is written as ‘賢母良妻’.
When people think of a good wife and wise mother, they always think of Shin Saimdang and nod their heads, saying that she was the ideal woman of the Joseon Dynasty, but in fact, the good wife and wise mother is a new image of women that came from abroad during the Enlightenment Period about 100 years ago.
… … The ideal woman in the Joseon Dynasty was not a good wife and wise mother, but a ‘virtuous woman’ and a ‘filial daughter.’
… … The fact that the national award given to a woman who sacrificed her life to live up to the ideals demanded by the times was called the ‘Yeolnyeomun’ rather than the ‘Hyunmomyeongmun’ is clear evidence.
… … Even if we look at the ‘Seonbi 先? Haengjang’ written by Yulgok Yi I, the son of Shin Saimdang, who was known as the epitome of a good wife and wise mother, in mourning for his mother’s death, we can see that.

---Part 1, Chapter 9: "Wise Wife and Good Mother": The Ideal Woman of the Joseon Dynasty?, pp. 79-81

As time goes by, not only the content of the theory of raising ten thousand soldiers becomes more specific, but also the time period in which it was spoken.
He simply said, “earlier in the competition,” without revealing a specific date.
However, the Annals of King Seonjo included the theory of raising 100,000 troops in the September 1, 1582, and the Annals of Yulgok included the theory of raising 100,000 troops in the April 1583, respectively.
The Imjin War broke out in April 1592, so was the Yulgok Yeonbo conscious of the date '10 years ago'?

In that sense, the content of the theory of raising ten thousand troops became more specific and the dates became clearer as time passed.
It first appeared in the book written by Kim Jang-saeng, and was slightly revised in the book about 15 years later, and the theory of 100,000 military forces that we know was completed in the book Yulgok Yeonbo about 65 years later.
The theory of raising 100,000 troops, completed in this way, is included in the ‘Appendix’ of the ‘Yulgok Complete Works’ and is handed down to this day.

---Part 2, Chapter 17: Did Yulgok Yi I advocate the theory of raising 100,000 troops?, pp. 160-161

So where did the story come from that Kim Jeong-ho traveled the country three times, climbed Mount Baekdu eight times, and presented the Daedongyeojido to Heungseon Daewongun before being imprisoned? Until now, the prevailing view was that these stories were fabricated by Japan during the colonial period.
This is because such a story was included in the elementary school textbook “Korean Language Reader” published by the Government-General of Korea in 1934.
… … But in fact, there was someone who spoke of the Oksa theory and the Jeon Guk Dop Sa theory before the 《Joseon Eo Dok Bon》.
This is Yukdang Choi Namseon.

---Part 2, Chapter 18: Did Kim Jeong-ho die in prison for leaking state secrets because of the Daedongyeojido?, pp. 174-175

It was about 60 years ago, in 1949, after the establishment of the Republic of Korea government, that the Taegeukgi, which had been so diverse, was unified into its current form.
… … But before this, the Shanghai Provisional Government had established a unified Taegeukgi.
… …Why was this provisional government Taegeukgi not adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Korea? Furthermore, the provisional government Taegeukgi wasn't even included as a candidate for the national unification plan.

---Part 3 Chapter 29 Was the Taegeukgi the same shape as it is now from the beginning?
p.277~278

Those who attended high school in the 1970s and 1980s will remember Yu Gil-jun's "Journey to the West" which was included in the Korean language textbook.
With the test answer sheet titled 'Our country's first Western travelogue'.
However, there is a Western travelogue written before Seoyugyeonmun.
This is the “Misokseupyu” by Park Jeong-yang, the first Korean ambassador to the United States.

《Misokseupyu》 is a record of what Park Jeong-yang, the first Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, heard and experienced while working in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, for approximately 11 months from January to November 1888.
《Seo Yu Gyeon Mun》 was completed in 1889 by Yu Gil-jun, who had returned from a trip to Europe and was under house arrest at Min Yeong-ik's villa, Chwiunjeong, on charges of involvement in the Gapsin Coup. This makes it several months at the shortest and a year at the longest, later than 《Misoksup Yu》.

---Part 4, Chapter 35, Is Korea's First Western Travelogue Yu Gil-jun's "Seo Yu Gyeon Mun"?, p. 324