Accurate Meanings of Letters of the 'Neungpadae' Rock Inscription in Hahoe Village

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Hahoe Village, one of the representative clan villages to which the Pungsan Ryu clan emigrated in the Goryeo era (13th century) is located in Andong City, Korea. There is a rock in the village called Neungpadae, on which is engraved an inscription which has been interpreted to mean 'Look down on waves (flood)', because the Chinese character 'non-displayed special character(s)' means 'look down on' and the character 'non-displayed special character(s)' means 'waves'. People have stretched the meaning of these letters and interpreted them as "Even if the Nakdong River overflows and produces a great flood, the flood water will not reach this rock, Neungpadae. The rock looks down on a flood (Andong City, 2002)". However, this is an interpretation based only on the meanings of the two Chinese characters, 'non-displayed special character(s)', and has not yet been authenticated. This study aims to discover the accurate meaning of Neungpadae in Hahoe Village and debunk the widely known, but incorrect interpretation.