Note 72 — Journaal
Reading edition
“Four great fortresses guard the approaches to the royal city. These are ... Kang-wa to the west.... Kang-wa, on the island of the same name at the mouth of the Han-River, is the favorite fortress, to which the royal family are sent for safety in time of war ... During the Manchiu invasion, the king fled here, and, for a while, made it his capital” (Griffis, Corea, 1905, bl. 190–191).—Namman Sangsiang is misschien een hoog gelegen punt van deze versterking geweest.