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The Purpose of this study is to examine the social conditions of Seoul and the lives of urban residents through Maengkkongi-Taryeong. Maengkkongi-Taryeong is one of the Hwimori-Japga. This text shows the social conditions of Seoul during modernizing period well, and we can find the lives of urban residents at that time. Especially the text from Chang-bae Lee in 1976 has several important features in comparison to the text from Chun-jae Park in 1916. The text from Chang-bae Lee is better organised than the text from Chun-jae Park. The contents of this text are natural and make sense. And this text has several words that reflect the change of the times, for example ‘the National Police’ or ‘(modern) hospital’. We can find several places of Seoul in Maengkkongi-Taryeong, for example the Great East Gate(Dongdaemun), the Great South Gate(Namdaemun), and Guesthouse in the west(Mohawgwan). We can also find the grief of living of urban residents in Seoul during modernizing period through this text.