동산은 문수산 동쪽에 위치하였기에, 왕림은 조선시대 이행상이란 선비가 이 곳에 정착하여 살았는데 이행상의 호가 왕림이었던 데서 유래했다고 한다.
Since the Dongsan mountain was located on the east side of Munsusan mountain, Wanglim was said to have originated from the place where a scholar named Yi Haeng-sang settled and lived there during the Joseon Dynasty, and from his pen name, Wanglim.