Jeongeup

Jeongeup's Naejang Mountain became a refuge for the records of the Joseon dynasty during the Japanese invasion of 1592. The Jeonju repository's copy of the royal annals was carried into the mountains along with the portrait of King Taejo. Provincial officials directed the transfer, while local scholars An Ui and Son Hong-rok took an important part in guarding the collection.

The books did not remain together in a single permanent archive. They were moved among mountain temples and hermitages, including Yonggul, Eunjeokam and Biraeam, with guards stationed at several places. When Jinju fell to the Japanese in 1593, the annals were brought to Jeongeup county in July and subsequently sent through Asan to Haeju. Their survival preserved the basis from which further copies could be printed after the war. The area's contribution was therefore a practical act of safeguarding books through transport, dispersed storage and sustained local protection.