The History of Korea (vol. 1 of 2)Hulbert, Homer B. (Homer Bezaleel)
History
The History of Korea (vol. 1 of 2)
Hulbert, Homer B. (Homer Bezaleel)
Korea -- History
Change of Ko-gu-ryu capital.... Sil-la raided.... Legend of
Suk-ta’l-ba.... fall of Ma-han.... beginning of Chinese enmity
against Ko-gu-ryu....the three kingdoms differentiated.... King
Yu-ri degraded.... extension of Ko-gu-ryu.... Japanese corsairs...
remnant of Ma-han revolts.... fall of Pu-yu.... origin of
_in-gum_.... siege of Ko-gu-ryu capital raised.... Sil-la’s peaceful
policy.... patronymics.... official grades.... unoccupied
territory.... kingdom of Ka-rak.... legends.... position....
dependencies.
We read that in 2 A.D. the king of Ko-gu-ryŭ was about to sacrifice a
pig to his gods, when the pig escaped and taking to its heels was chased
by the courtier Sŭl-chi into the district of Kung-nă. He caught the
animal near Wi-na Cliff, north of the Ch’o-san of today. When he
returned he described the place to the king as being rough and
consequently suitable for the site of a capital. Deer, fish and turtles
also abounded. He gave such a glowing account that the king was fain to
move his capital to that place, where it remained for two hundred and
six years.
In 4 A.D. Hyuk-kŭ-se, the wise king of Sil-la died and seven days later
his queen followed him. It is said that they were so completely one that
neither could live without the other. Nam-hă his son, with the title of
Ch’a-ch’a-ung, reigned in his stead. A remnant of the Nang-nang tribe,
hearing of the death of King Hyŭk-kŭ-se, thought it a fitting time to
make a raid into Sil-la territory, but they were beaten back.
In the third year of his reign, Nam-hă built a shrine to his father and
then put the management of the government into the hands of a man named
Sŭk-t’al-hă who had become his son-in-law. This man is one of the noted
men of Sil-la and his origin and rise are among the cherished traditions
of the people.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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