Journal of the Korean Geographical Society ISSN:1225-6633(Print) 대한지리학회지

This study was intended to uncover the basis of geographic education in Korea through the analysis of the writing and publishing process of ‘Yeojaechalyo’, a geography textbook published by the Ministry of Education in the period of enlightenment. ‘Yeojaechalyo’, written by Oh Hueng-muk, has a wide range of volumes from one volume book to ten volumes book.This study analyzed the writing, editing, and publishing process, focus on the books written by Oh Hueng-muk in his diary form, ‘Haman-chongswaerok’, ‘Goseong-chongswaerok’, ‘Jido-chongswaerok’, and on the preface and the opening of the book, ‘Yeojaechalyo’.As a result, Oh Hueng-muk completed the books in July 1892 with five volumes of ‘Yeojaechalyo’ at first, followed by summarized it as a single book, and started on the woodblock printing work of ‘Yeojaechalyo’ in February 1893.And, it was expanded to eight volumes in reinforcement before June 1893, and finally completed with ten volumes in May 1894. And the work of the woodblock and the modification of the first volume continued, and the five manuscripts were also continued to be published. Since 1896, when ‘Yeojaechalyo’ had been selected as textbook by the Ministry of Education, it had been published on a large scale. Until now, it was known in the field of geography education that the one volume book of ‘Yeojaechalyo’ was edited and published in the Ministry of education, but this study revealed that the book was written and printed on woodblock own by Oh Hueng-muk, and it was used as a textbook for test subjects to select state officials even before it was selected as a textbook of geography.