''Tongsa kangmok'' (''Compendium of the eastern history'') is a

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

n history book written by Ahn Jeong-bok (1712–1791). It is composed of 20 volumes and describes from

Gojoseon Gojoseon (; ), contemporary name Joseon (; ), was the first kingdom on the Korea, Korean Peninsula. According to Korean mythology, the kingdom was established by the legendary king Dangun. Gojoseon possessed the most advanced culture in th ...

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korea, Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. Goryeo achieved what has b ...

. The book consists of 17 volumes for the East and 3 volumes for the East. The narrative style is a one-year-old style and is a representative history book of the time of study.

History

In 1756, the author began compiling at the age of 45 and completed the first draft in three years. Afterwards, he exchanged opinions with his teachers and friends in a letter and revised the draft. He completed it in 1778, 22 years after he began compiling.

Content Configuration

The contents of the text were described in 'Gang-Mok' form, with important events marked in a 'Gang', and articles related to them were written down in a 'Mok'. Where his opinions should be put, he wrote two lines of 'An(meaning "look")' and two lines of comments.

Opening

It contains a legend of the description and a map of the map of Dangun, a map of three last names of Shilla, Goguryeo map, Baekje map, and a map of Goryeo.

References

History books about Korea Works by Joseon people {{Korea-hist-book-stub