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Some perspectives of Chinese intellectuals on colonial Joseon are occasionally found in several travel records written in the early 20th century, whereas those of Taiwanese intellectuals on it are scarcely found. This paper intends to analyze the perspective of a Taiwanese intellectual Wei Qing-de on early 20C Joseon. Since Wei Qing-de is little known to Koreans, this paper intends to briefly look at his life in the first place, and then to review his travel routes in Joseon, the purpose of his travels, and Travels in Manchuria and Joseon and Collection of Poetry about Manchuria and Joseon, which are his writings descriptive of Joseon. Further, this paper intends to express Joseon’s scenery through his eye and his perspective on Joseon. Wei Qing-de travelled in Joseon as a newspaper reporter and wrote a significant amount of literary works about the situation in Joseon he saw and heard. While Wei Qing-de’s interest in Joseon ranged over so many subjects as to make even miscellaneous impressions, he refrained from expressing his personal feelings of Joseon and made a relatively large amount of descriptions of Joseon’s general situation. This paper, centered on Wei Qing-de’s literary works about Joseon, divides the perspective of a Taiwanese intellectual Wei Qing-de on early 20C Joseon largely into 4 categories such as the fall of the Joseon, the history of the Joseon, the geography and status of Joseon, and the scenery and people of Joseon. Wei Qing-de is a Taiwanese person who travelled around Joseon, Japan, Mainland China and Manchuria, and has left a significant amount of travel records that he wrote as a newspaper reporter. Such travel writings of Wei Qing-de will show the perspective on Northeast Asia that he had as a Taiwanese intellectual in the early 20th century.