1.
Doing the right thing / 2.
Noble Sacrifice / 3.
Between Mission and Belief / 4.
The two fathers' shared suffering /
5.
With the intention of forgetting / 6.
Father's Tears / 7.
The red-hot water tank is also a source of oil / 8.
Terrible, so terrible /
9.
The deeper the love, the deeper the loneliness / 10.
Jajangmyeon and Midnight Runaway / 11.
The story of an old couple / 12.
You real idiots /
13.
Grandma Sisters / 14.
Cruel Motherhood / 15.
Waving the Taegeukgi / 16.
Her miniskirt / 17.
The name that knocked on my heart again /
18.
A blessing in disguise? A blessing in disguise! / 19.
Woosik's Dream / 20.
Last Greetings on Earth / 21.
Beautiful Rappo / 22.
Stories that sound like jokes /
23.
Journey to the Outside World / 24.
Accumulating karma / 25.
The Pain of Earning a Living / 26.
I'm embarrassed now / 27.
Ilwolsan Dalgu Baeksuk /
28.
Rice and Mushrooms / 29.
My sad daughter / 30.
Total amount of happiness / 31.
The Hullerdung Grandmothers / 32.
Master Dojubulsa /
33.
Debt owed to father / 34.
My aunt, Sister Park Ae-no-pa / 35.
Three monks of Bongjeongsa Temple

《The Country Doctor's Beautiful Journey》, which made 1 million readers cry and laugh,
Meet again in a revised edition with a revised cover and text.

A collection of essays, compiled in two volumes, of 62 episodes, captured with a deep and warm gaze by a country surgeon in the hospital setting.
The story of a dazzlingly beautiful bride-to-be who lost one of her legs in an accident just before her wedding; the story of an elderly couple who were reunited with their husband, who had been drafted to Sakhalin, after 50 years, only to have him face death again in an accident; the story of how everyone was shocked to learn that the bodies had been switched at the 49th memorial service for a friend's wife who died in a traffic accident; the story of a friend who they loved dearly but had to break up with due to poverty and who ended up taking his own life; these stories are more dramatic than novels or movies, and they capture the lives of our neighbors like a landscape painting.


Since its publication in 2005, “The Country Doctor’s Beautiful Journey 1·2” has sold over 500,000 copies, and continues to receive enthusiastic sympathy and praise from readers, demonstrating the power of authenticity inherent in true stories.
Author Park Kyung-chul, who possesses a unique sense of humor and honest writing, became the most notable best-selling author in South Korea through this book.
In particular, “The Country Doctor’s Beautiful Companion 1” surpassed 100 printings in July, a rare feat for an essay.
This edition of “The Country Doctor’s Beautiful Companion 1·2” is a revised edition with a newly organized cover and text to commemorate the 100th printing.


A rural surgeon's life story as seen through the lens of a hospital.

As we go through life, we often ask ourselves, “Am I living well now?”
Just like catching a cold with each changing season, a slightly childish question that comes to mind from time to time in the midst of everyday life.
But is there really such a thing as a right answer in life?

There is a famous Buddhist sermon left by Monk Seongcheol when he passed away several years ago.
“A mountain is a mountain, and water is water (山是山 水是水).” Although we cannot fathom all of its profound meaning, it seems clear that it is saying that the truth of life that we are always searching for is in life itself.


"A Country Doctor's Beautiful Journey 1," a compilation of 35 episodes captured by a country surgeon through his deep and warm gaze in the hospital setting, makes us realize the simple yet profound truth that the true meaning of life we ​​seek lies in life itself.
The author, as a doctor, or rather, because of being a doctor, tells us in a vivid and raw way the heartbreaking stories he had to witness, and thus calmly says, “This is life.”


What if a dazzlingly beautiful bride-to-be has an accident one day before her wedding and has to have one of her legs amputated (her miniskirt), what if she finds out too late that she has dementia and caused the tragic death of her beloved grandson (horrible, so tragic), what if she is reunited with her husband, who was drafted to Sakhalin, after 50 years, only to find that he is facing death again in an accident (the story of an elderly couple)… … .

The glimpses of our lives through the eyes of a country doctor resonate deeply and touch our hearts with unbearable sadness.
This may be because the author possesses a unique wit and honest writing style, but also because each and every life itself becomes a source of inspiration, comfort, and hope.
The author does not try to add unnecessary explanations or beat around the bush, nor does he allow himself to fall into superficial sentimentality or pity.
It's like watching a human documentary, just following the scenes.
Yet, after reading it, you feel the profound aura of life and it makes you catch your breath.
Those who read this will probably find themselves crying, laughing, and then quietly crying again.

A book that allows us to take a heart-pounding step beyond you and me, toward 'togetherness'!

The author of this book is a rural doctor who actually runs a hospital in Andong, and is also a stock investment expert known by the nickname "Country Doctor."
On the one hand, he is said to have a deep knowledge of music, art, and mechanics, as well as an outstanding humanistic eye and insight.
If you look at the articles posted on Naver's blog (blog.naver.com/donodonsu), you can see that this public opinion is by no means a bubble.


This book is also a collection of articles that were serialized in the “Life” section of the author’s blog.
As stated in the prologue, the articles in this book are not simply hospital reports or medical essays.
The author says, “Because I am a doctor, I have had the opportunity to briefly share in the pain that others have had to endure at some point in their lives, and I wanted to look back on the joys and sorrows that I saw in their eyes at that time.”

In short, although the author's profession is a doctor, and most of the stories are about patients that take place in the hospital setting, they are merely a means and material. The thirty-five stories contained in this book are stories 'about life', or rather, stories 'of life itself'.


《A Country Doctor's Beautiful Journey 1》 is a sincere record of a country surgeon and those with whom he shared his pain. It is also a beautiful landscape painting on the theme of life, allowing us to find comfort and inspiration by participating in their lives.
The author says:
“I don’t want this book to just satisfy shallow curiosity by taking refuge in someone’s pain.
However, I wanted to remember that through the stories in this book, ‘I’ can become ‘them.’”
The author hopes that we can truly 'accompany' them, not by vague sympathy or concern, but by considering their joy as our own joy and feeling their pain as our own pain.

… The passionate sympathy and warm praise poured out by readers for this book ____________________________________________________

The prediction was correct.
I crouched down in a corner of a relatively deserted bookstore and cried, tears streaming down my face like chicken droppings, my nose squeaking.
If only this warm and close-knit humanity could spread like a contagious disease around the world, the world would truly be worth living in.
_sweet*agic I cried and laughed, laughed and cried… It felt like I was watching a drama.
_I* confess that my heart has become warm for the first time in a long time.
_Blue* I started to think about the standards of happiness in the midst of a life that was so busy.
_ta*az A story that will get you lost in it.
It's a book you can't read without tears and laughter.
_jung* Few people can write a book as moving as this one.
His calm writing style makes us feel the patient's pain as if it were real and leaves us deeply moved.
_Matthew* I was so ashamed of myself for getting angry and sad over such trivial things.
_j*ls3672 This is a book that makes the words “I love you” feel even more precious.
_jegan*ine It feels like I'm watching the best theater of the dramatic lives of our neighbors.
Dozens of best theaters brought tears to my eyes every time.
_b*borani I am grateful and tearful for the blessing of being alive, and for the fact that somewhere out there someone I loved is alive.
This book makes people human.
_miryou*amu This is a book that completely changed my values.
_pot*to2thd Many things that had supported me for so long have crumbled.
This book doesn't clearly define life with a single, cliche sentence, but it is life itself.
I cried several times on the subway.
_In* It's a book I read a long time ago, but it's a book that warms my heart no matter how many times I reread it whenever I think of it.
_Ru* I was happy the whole time I was reading the book.
_Eun*bi