Gammun also known by its name Gamno, was a statelet of the

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"), al ...

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 ''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, ...

(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 Donggukyeojiseungram or ShinjeungDonggukyeojiseungram is a Korean geography book that was published by the Joseon dynasty in 1530. The only printed version of the book is currently located in Kyoto University, however the original wooden print is ...

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 The ''Records or History of the Three Kingdoms'', also known by its Chinese name as the Sanguo Zhi, is a Chinese historical text which covers the history of the late Eastern Han dynasty (c. 184–220 AD) and the Three Kingdoms period (220– ...

was approved by 19th century historian

Jeong Yak-yong Jeong Yak-yong (August 5, 1762 – April 7, 1836) or Chong Yagyong, often simply known as ‘Dasan’ (茶山, one of his ‘ho’ / pen-names meaning ‘the mountain of tea’), was a Korean agronomist, philosopher, and poet. He was one of the ...

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 Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period. The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42–53 ...

was part of

Mimana Mimana (), also transliterated as Imna according to the Korean pronunciation, is the name used primarily in the 8th-century Japanese text '' Nihon Shoki'', likely referring to one of the Korean states of the time of the Gaya confederacy (c. 1st– ...

Legacy

The regional variant of

Nongak ''Pungmul'' (; ) is a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing. Most performances are outside, with dozens of players all in constant motion. ''Pungmul'' is rooted in the ''dure'' (collective labor) farming culture. ...

is thought to be originally the culture of the country.A legend surrounding a rock that stood during the battles with foreign invaders with the country's general exists in the region.

References

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