EALC 344g Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sungkyunkwan, Samgungnyusa, Dangun
2 May 2016
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Samguk sagi (history of three kingdoms, 1145) by kim pusik, a koryo confucian scholar official; consists of annals, biographies, n treatises on various topics. Samguk yusa (memorabilia of the 3 kingdoms, 1279) compiled by monk iryon after mongol invasion, includes many stories abt buddhism n also other stories of wonders including the earliest record of tan"gun. Shiji (the historical record, 100 bc) by sima qian. Old choson contested origin n territorial boundaries developed into confederated kingdom by 400 bc. Fell to han china (108 bc) n 4 commandaries established in northern part of korean. Claimed to b succeeded by later states: koryo, choson, n + s korea. Origin: founded by chumong (king tongmyong) from puyo between the yalu river n the. Territory: conquered puyo, okcho, ye, n 2 han commadaries, expanding deep into eastern. Strategic alliance w/ northern n southern dnasties of china, silla, paekche, n turks.
