ENGLISH RECORD 10
Jeonggamnok
鄭鑑錄 · Prophecies of JeongFormed and circulated mainly in late JoseonKorea · East AsiaGeomancy · dynastic decline · refuge
01 · WHAT IT IS
Overview
A family of Korean prophetic and geomantic writings about the decline of the Yi dynasty, a coming Jeong ruler, a new capital and protected mountain regions.
02 · ORIGINAL TEXT AND EARLIEST SOURCE
What can be traced?
03 · HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The world behind the text
A reconstruction of the geomantic landscape associated with Jeonggamnok. The tradition consists of multiple texts rather than one fixed original volume.
SALGIL reconstruction · Korean cultural archive links below ↗05 · DOCUMENT TIMELINE
When the record changed
- Text family formsProphetic dialogues and geomantic refuge traditions circulate in multiple forms.
- Social influence expandsUnrest encourages migration, true-man expectation and refuge belief.
- Print circulationVernacular and printed versions broaden the audience and reshape the corpus.
- Tourism and mediaTen Victory Sites are repackaged as fixed lists despite textual variation.
06 · EDITION AND WITNESS COMPARISON
Jeonggamnok is a textual family
The date of a document and the date of an interpretation are recorded separately.| Witness or edition | Date | Editorial status | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese manuscripts | Joseon and later | Variant primary witnesses | Contents and ordering differ between copies. |
| Vernacular Korean manuscripts | 18th century onward | Translation and adaptation | Useful evidence of popular reception, not one original text. |
| Modern compilations | 20th century onward | Composite editions | May merge distinct prophetic works under one title. |
07 · MAJOR CLAIMS
Representative claims and their limits
The Jeong true man
A righteous figure with the surname Jeong replaces the old dynasty.
Gyeryongsan and a new capital
The mountain region becomes a focus of future rule.
Ten Victory Sites
Mountain refuges are said to protect people during chaos.
08 · WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
Comparison with events
Jeonggamnok influenced real migration, resistance and religious movements, which is historically verifiable. Its broad dynastic expectations have repeatedly been reapplied without one uniquely fulfilled schedule.09 · DISPUTES AND COUNTERARGUMENTS
Where interpretation changes
Key issues are textual plurality, secrecy, suppression and later compilation. Modern editions can combine separate traditions, making the idea of a single prophecy misleading.10 · EVIDENCE SCORE & PROVISIONAL CONCLUSION
Interpretive dispute
Jeonggamnok is best understood as an influential prophetic tradition and social force, not a single book containing a fixed future chronology.11 · SOURCES AND REVIEW