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We tend to consider name of place to be fixed and unchanged. Some place, however, have been changed for different reasons over historical periods. For this reason, we should regard the various conditions to know where the place name of ancient times located. According to the existing common view, Siljik(실직) had been seen as Samcheok(삼척) and Hasla(하슬라) as Gangneung(강릉). But many records which were written in SamgukSagi(『삼국사기』) could have been understanded, if Siljik and Hasla had been located there from the first. This is because they were transferred to the north with Shilla's territory extended. First Siljik located around Chunbuk-myun(천북면) Kyung Ju(경주), Gyeongsangbuk-do, was moved to the north part of Gyeongsangbuk-do and then fixed to the present Samcheok. And Hasla initially had been on the northern coast of Gyeongsangbuk-do and then by sixth century was transferred to the present Gangneung.