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Gammun
Gammun also known by its name Gamno, was a statelet of the Byeonhan confederacy located in present-day Gimcheon. Historical records and views of historians The earliest records regarding the statelet comes from the geographical section of the Samguk Sagi(Book 34), where it says "Gaeryong county, was known as the small country of gammun in the old times, but it changed from Gammun to Gaeryeong after conquered by Silla." The statelet was conquered in 231 by Silla.Donggukyeojiseungram notes that the palace ruins of the statelet used to be in the region, along with the royal tombs. The equivalence of Gammun with Gamno that appears in the Book of Wei in the Records of the Three Kingdoms was approved by 19th century historian Jeong Yak-yong and 20th century Korean historian Yi Pyong-do.20th century Japanese historian Imanishi Ryu(金西龍, 1875~1931) also approved the equivalence despite his position on the theory that the Gaya confederacy was part of Mimana. Legacy The regional variant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byeonhan Confederacy
Byeonhan (, ), also known as Byeonjin, (, ) was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the beginning of the Common Era to the 4th century in the southern Korean peninsula. Byeonhan was one of the Samhan (or "Three Hans"), along with Mahan and Jinhan. History This early part of the Three Kingdoms period is sometimes called the Proto–Three Kingdoms period. Byeonhan, like the other Samhan confederacies, appears descended from the Jin state of southern Korea. Archaeological evidence indicates an increase in military activity and weapons production among the Byeonhan in the 3rd century, especially an increase in iron arrowheads and cuirasses (Barnes 2000). This may be associated with the decline of Byeonhan and the rise of the more centralized Gaya Confederacy, which most Byeonhan states joined. Gaya was subsequently annexed by Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Byeonhan was a country created by combining immigrants called ''Byeon'' (), existing '' J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samguk Sagi
''Samguk Sagi'' (, ''History of the Three Kingdoms'') is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. The ''Samguk Sagi'' is written in Classical Chinese, the written language of the literati of ancient Korea, and its compilation was ordered by King Injong of Goryeo (r. 1122-1146) and undertaken by the government official and historian Kim Busik () and a team of junior scholars. Completed in 1145, it is well known in Korea as the oldest surviving chronicle of Korean history. The document has been digitized by the National Institute of Korean History and is available online with Modern Korean translation in Hangul and original text in Classical Chinese. Background In taking on the task of compiling the ''Samguk Sagi'' ("compiling" is more accurate than "writing" because much of the history is taken from earlier historical records), Kim Busik was consciously modeling his actions on Chinese Imperial traditions, just as he modeled the history’s f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
