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Wang Gyeop
Wan Gyeop () was one of the four members ( No In, Han Eum, Sam and Wang Gyeop) who operated the government of Wiman Joseon. His position was a general. Since Wang Gyeop had a family name, it is believed that he was an exile from China or person related to China. Just like his master Ugeo who was the last king of Wiman Joseon. He was in charge of military affairs. In BC 109 to 108, when Han dynasty attacked Wiman Joseon, he was surrendered instantly together with No In and Han Eum while leaving the King of Wiman Joseon Uego. After their surrender, he was nominated as a peerage of Ping Zhou (Hanja:平州) by Han dynasty, but died after one year without successor. Ping Zhou was abolished after his death. See also * Han conquest of Gojoseon References Sources * *{{Cite book, author=National Institute of Korean History The National Institute of Korean History (NIKH) is a South Korean national organization in charge of researching, collecting, compiling, promoting the study of hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No In
No In () was one of the four members (No In, Han Eum, Sam and Wang Gyeop) who operated the government of Wiman Joseon. His position was a chancellor and he was in charge of politics of Wiman Joseon. Since No In had a family name, it is believed that he was an exile from China or person related to China. Just like his master Ugeo who was the last king of Wiman Joseon. In BC 109 to 108, when Han dynasty attacked Wiman Joseon, he was surrendered instantly together with those exiles from China, Han Eum and Wang Gyeop while leaving the King of Wiman Joseon Ugeo. He died on the way to surrender. Even after Uego's death, some ministers of Wiman Joseon resisted to Han dynasty. Han dynasty sent Wi Jang and No Choe then killed those ministers. Choe was a son of No In. Family *Son: No Choe See also * Han conquest of Gojoseon References Sources * *{{Cite book, author=National Institute of Korean History The National Institute of Korean History (NIKH) is a South Korean national organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Eum
Han Eum () also known as Han Do () was one of the four members (No In, Han Eum, Sam and Wang Gyeop) who operated the government of Wiman Joseon. His position was a chancellor. Since Han Eum had a family name, Han, it is believed that he was an exile from China or person related to China. Just like his master Ugeo who was the last king of Wiman Joseon. In BC 109 to 108, when Han dynasty attacked Wiman Joseon, he was surrendered instantly together with those exiles from China, No In and Wang Gyeop, while leaving the King of Wiman Joseon Ugeo. After his surrender, Han dynasty nominated him as a peerage of Jeok ja (Hangul:적자 Hanja:荻苴). He died after 19 years without a successor. See also * Han conquest of Gojoseon References Source * *{{Cite book, author=National Institute of Korean History The National Institute of Korean History (NIKH) is a South Korean national organization in charge of researching, collecting, compiling, promoting the study of historical materials o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Of Gojoseon
Sam () was one of the four members (No In, Han Eum, Sam and Wang Gyeop) who operated the government of Wiman Joseon. He was a chancellor of Nigye (Hangul:니계 Hanja:尼谿) and it was where he based himself for. He was the only one who did not have family name in those 4 members. In BC 109 to 108, when Han dynasty attacked Wiman Joseon, those three exiles from China, No In, Han Eum and Wang Gyeop surrendered instantly while leaving the King of Wiman Joseon Ugeo and Sam was only one who resisted against Han dynasty among those members. However, in BC 108, Sam sent an assassin to Ugeo, killed him and surrendered to Han dynasty. After his surrender, he was nominated as a peerage of Hwae Cheong (Hangul:홰청 Hanja:澅清) by Han dynasty. 11 years later, he was arrested on suspicion of hiding the fugitive from Wiman Joseon and died of illness while he was in prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiman Joseon
Wiman Joseon (194–108 BC) was a dynasty of Gojoseon. It began with Wiman's (Wei Man) seizure of the throne from Gija Joseon's King Jun and ended with the death of King Ugeo who was a grandson of Wiman. Apart from archaeological data, the main source on this historical period comes from chapter 115 of Sima Qian's ''Records of the Grand Historian''. Wiman was originally a Chinese military leader from the Kingdom of Yan under the Han dynasty. Founding According to Sima Qian, Wiman was a general from the Kingdom of Yan of northeastern China after the collapse of China's Qin dynasty, who submitted to Gojoseon's King Jun. Jun accepted and appointed Wiman commander of the western border region of Gojoseon, which probably corresponds to the west of the present-day Liaoning. Despite the generosity that King Jun had demonstrated, Wiman revolted and destroyed Gojoseon. In 194 BC, he established Wiman Joseon and decided to locate his capital in Wanggeom-seong (왕검성, 王險 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugeo
Ugeo (, died 108 BC) was the last king of Wiman Joseon, the last remnant of Gojoseon. He was a grandson of Wi Man. Ugeo was killed by an assassin sent by a faction advocating surrender. Even after the death of Ugeo, Gojoseon resisted the Han forces until 108 BC but lost and the Four Commanderies of Han were then set up. Family *Wi Man (Hanja:衛満), grandfather and first king of Wiman Joseon *son and successor, name not recorded *Wi Jang (Hanja:衛長降), Son Rebellion against Ugeo Around the period from 128 BC to 126 BC, Canghai Commandery,covering an area in northern Korean peninsula to southern Manchuria,existed. Nan Lü (Hanja:南閭), who was a monarch of Dongye and a subject of Wiman Joseon, revolted against Ugeo of Gojoseon and then surrendered to the Han dynasty with 280,000 people. The Canghai Commandery was established following this revolution, however in 2 years, it was abolished by Gongsun Hong. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warring interregnum known as the ChuHan contention (206–202 BC), and it was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). The dynasty was briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD) established by usurping regent Wang Mang, and is thus separated into two periods—the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD) and the Eastern Han (25–220 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history, and it has influenced the identity of the Chinese civilization ever since. Modern China's majority ethnic group refers to themselves as the "Han people", the Sinitic language is known as "Han language", and the written Chinese is referred to as " Han characters". The emperor was at the pinnacle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Conquest Of Gojoseon
The Han conquest of Gojoseon was a campaign launched by Emperor Wu of Han China against Wiman Joseon between 109 and 108 BCE. It resulted in the fall of Gojoseon and the establishment of the Four Commanderies of Han in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Background Wi Man, or Wei Man (Chinese), was originally a general in the vassal kingdom of Yan under the rule of Lu Wan. In 195 BCE, Lu Wan was implicated in plotting rebellion against the Han dynasty, and Emperor Gaozu of Han sent an army against him. Yan was defeated, and Lu Wan fled to the Xiongnu, while Wi Man sought refuge in the eastern kingdom of Gojoseon. Wi Man and one thousand of his followers adopted the dress of the Koreans and little by little, he gained a large following of both native Koreans and Chinese refugees. He then usurped the throne of King Jun of Gojoseon, who fled south to Jin. The governor of Liaodong agreed to acknowledge Wi Man as a foreign vassal of Han so long as he guarded their border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuokoron-Shinsha
is a Japanese publisher. It was established in 1886, under the name . In 1999, it was acquired by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, and its name was subsequently changed to Chūōkōron-shinsha. Profile The company publishes a wide variety of material, including numerous novels, books, manga and several magazines, including the famous literary magazine and . It also organizes a variety of prestigious literary awards and prizes across Japan, such as the renowned Chūōkōron Prize. Among the numerous novels published by the company include Hiroshi Mori's ''The Sky Crawler'' series, which was adapted into a 2008 anime film from director Mamoru Oshii. The company has also published numerous manga, including Keiji Nakazawa's famed ''Barefoot Gen'' series, Monkey Punch's famed '' Lupin III'' series, Keiko Takemiya's ''Hensōkyoku'', Riyoko Ikeda's noted works '' The Rose of Versailles'', ''Jotei Ekaterina'' and ''Ten no Hate Made: Poland Hishi'', Kaoru Kurimoto and Yumiko Igarashi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Korean History
The National Institute of Korean History (NIKH) is a South Korean national organization in charge of researching, collecting, compiling, promoting the study of historical materials on Korean history. It was established as ''Guksagwan'' (국사관 國史館) in March 1946, one year after the liberation of Korea and was changed to the current name in 1949. As a branch of the Ministry of Education, the Institute certifies and supervises drafts of history textbooks used in middle and high schools. It conducts educational programs for government officials and teachers of elementary, middle, and high schools. It also operates a school to train competent translators of historical documents written in classical Chinese and pre-modern Japanese. The Institute holds and supervises the Korean History Proficiency Test four times a year, and sponsors the annual Korean History Competition among middle and high school students. Starting in 2015, two emeritus professors of history served as lead au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiman Joseon People
Wi Man (in Korean) or Wei Man (in Chinese) was originally a military leader of the Chinese Kingdom of Yan. * :"The term was used again by a refugee from the Han dynasty named Wiman, who about 200 B.C.E. set up a kingdom in Korea called Wiman Choson." * :"The earliest documented event in Korean history involves China. After an unsuccessful rising against the first Han emperor Gaozu, the defeated rebels sought refuge beyond the imperial frontier and one of them Wiman, took control of Choson, a Korean state in the north of the peninsula." * :"For instance, Wiman, a refugee from the Yan dynasty, which then existed around present-day Beijing, led his band of more than 1,000 followers into exile in Old Chosŏn in the early second century bc." * :"Retaliation by the Han then brought in refugees from Yan, the most notable of whom was a war lord, Weiman ('Wiman'in Korean), who somewhere about 200 BC led his followers into the territory held by Choson." * :"Here, Wiman was described as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
