In 1980s, when China and South Korea held talks on the establishment of diplomatic relations, South Korea proposed to China that China could no longer use the name "Seoul" after the two countries established diplomatic relations. The reason is that the name Seoul is an ancient name of China, given by China people and the product of colonialism and hegemony. After the establishment of diplomatic relations, China must rename Seoul as the name given by Koreans, so it should be called Seoul. The Chinese side said that the name of Seoul has a long history, and Koreans used to call it Seoul in history. Once China calls Seoul, the revision of China's historical records, especially textbooks and maps, is too extensive to be implemented in practice. However, the North Koreans refused to agree, and the negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries were frozen here. How was this problem finally solved? Ironically, in order to break the deadlock, scholars in China began to search for history books. It turns out that Seoul was also given by China, and its history is earlier than Seoul. In China's history books, it is "Su Wu", which means "the capital", which is very similar to Seoul's pronunciation. In the face of historical facts, Koreans are speechless and have to accept the name of Seoul, China.
Actually, the name "Seoul" was put forward by their own ancestors. 14-15th century, the Korean regime changed, and the aristocratic forces headed by Li Chenggui replaced the Wangs' Koryo and established a new dynasty. According to the requirements of the new dynasty and the approval of Ming Chengzu, the emerging dynasty used the name of the earliest country on the ancient peninsula-Korea, which means "the land of bright sun and sunrise". 1392, the Li dynasty was established, 1394, the capital moved to Yangzhou at that time. In order to express his admiration for the Han Dynasty (not the Han Dynasty) in the Central Plains, Li Chenggui wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang and renamed Yangzhou "Seoul", that is, "hansung" in English. Because Seoul is located on the north bank of the Han River, the city is also called Hanyang according to the geomantic principle of "Hebei is Yang". 1394, Li Chenggui, the founder of the Korean dynasty, moved the capital from Jingkai to Hanyang and officially named it Seoul. This name has been used in Chinese for more than 600 years. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, with the rise of nationalism, a trend of thought emerged in South Korea to get rid of the influence of China culture. After World War II, South Korea called Seoul the "capital" of Korean, which was transliterated as "Seoul" in English, but the Chinese character "Seoul" was still used in Korean written language. It is not difficult to see that if we want to change "Seoul", we must change the names of "North Korea", "South Korea" and "Gangneung". More importantly, all Koreans use Chinese surnames.
On June 65438+ 10/9, 2006, Lee Myung-bak, Mayor of hancheng city, Korea, held a press conference and announced that the Chinese name of Hancheng was changed to "Seoul" and the word "Seoul" was no longer used. He explained that in most countries, "Seoul" is called according to the pronunciation similar to English signs, while in China and South Korea, "Seoul" is still used. With the increasing communication between South Korea and the world, the name "Seoul" has caused more and more confusion. Therefore, after more than a year of negotiation, Hancheng decided to replace Seoul with a new Chinese name "Seoul".