Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Errors, when reasonably attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details. Corrections made to the text are summarized there. Illustrations have been moved to avoid falling within a paragraph. THE HISTORY OF KOREA HOMER B. HULBERT, A.M., F.R.G.S. Editor of THE KOREA REVIEW TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED SEOUL, 1905 THE METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. PREFACE I INTRODUCTORY NOTE V ANCIENT KOREA 2257 B.C.-890 A.D. Vol. I 1 MEDIEVAL KOREA 890-1392 Vol. I 127 MODERN KOREA 1392-1904 Vol. I 295 Preface. The sources from which the following History of Korea is drawn are almost purely Korean. For ancient and medieval history the Tong-sa Kang-yo has been mainly followed. This is an abstract in nine volumes of the four great ancient histories of the country. The facts here found were verified by reference to the Tong-guk Tong-gam, the most complete of all existing ancient histories of the country. Many other works on history, geography and biography have been consulted, but in the main the narrative in the works mentioned above has been followed. A number of Chinese works have been consulted, especially the Mun-hon Tong-go wherein we find the best description of the wild tribes that occupied the peninsula about the time of Christ.