Jun of Gojoseon
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| Traditional Chinese | 準王 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 准王 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 준왕 | ||||||
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Jun of Gojoseon was the last and 41th king of Gija Joseon. He was succeeded by Wiman, whose usurpation of the throne began the dynasty of Wiman Joseon of Gojoseon.[1][2][3][4][5]
Region in Gojoseon
According to Three Kingdoms, he was the last and 41th king of Gija Joseon. It appears that he was crowned around 210 BC as the son of his father Bu.
But there is no clear date other than that he formed a rich hereditary succession in the Qin Shi Huang’s region.
However, according to 『Yeomcheolron』, the father actively moved to the Jin and one replacement period, and advanced to the loser (generally the Yalu River) and achieved a certain degree of territorial recovery.[6]
However, considering the area acquired in this way, it is said that it is 'the old land of Qin (秦故空地)', what means empty land, so it is not like the area where China has strict military rule.
Perhaps it seems that Jin just put a flag in an area beyond the control of the Chinese government during the turmoil that collapsed by rebellions across the country, but it seems that it formed an indirect governance structure by accepting Chinese exiles and living together, not direct rule.
In 195 B.C., he made Wiman, who had been exiled from the land of the Yan Dynasty to protect the western frontier.
And soon, he gave him a government post, and 100 li(Ancient Korean ways to count land).
However, the image of 'Land of 100 Li' overlaps a lot with the land of the land of the princeland ('Land of 100 Li in all rooms') as mentioned in Mencius.
Perhaps they were trying to establish Western dominance by re-establishing some sort of lordship. For reference, there is no record of having a relationship with China, but it's a unique case considering that his father, the king, and Wiman later had diplomatic relations with China.
Of course, it may have been because of the above-mentioned prospect problem, or it is possible that the record is simply missing.
Overthrowing and exile into Mahan
Wiman entered Gojoseon as a refugee, and submitted to King Jun. Jun granted Wiman's request to serve as a commander of the western borders. However, sometime around 194 BC or 193 BC, Wiman led a revolt, and followed Jun down into Mahan territory, which was situated in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
See also
References
- ^ Peterson & Margulies 2009, p. 6: "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."
- ^ Cotterell 2011, Imperial Crisis: The Failure of the Later Han: "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."
- ^ Kim 2012, p. 10: "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."
- ^ Tennant 1996, p. 18: "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."
- ^ Xu 2007, p. 220: "Here, Wiman was described as a "Gu Yanren 故燕人"or a person from former Yan. It is confusing because there were two Yans around this period. The first was the Yan state, which was one of the seven states during the Warring States period, and the second was the vassal state of Yan of the Han dynasty."
- ^ In Chinese : 大夫曰 往者 四夷俱强 幷爲寇虐. 朝鮮踰徼 劫燕之東地 東越越東海 略浙江之南 南越內侵 滑服令 ... (abstract) .... In English : Daebu said, "Last day, the barbarians on all sides became strong together, committing plunder and atrocities side by side. Joseon crossed the fortress and frightened the east of the kite, and Dongwol crossed the East Sea and plundered the south of Zhejiang. Namwol swelled and messed up Bok-ryeong. ... (abstract) ..."
Bibliography
- Cotterell, Arthur (2011). Asia: A Concise History. Singapore: Wiley. ISBN 978-0470825044.
- Kim, Jinwung (2012). A History of Korea: From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253000248.
- Tennant, Roger (1996). History Of Korea. Routledge. ISBN 978-0710305329.
- Xu, Stella Yingzi (2007). That glorious ancient history of our nation. University of California, Los Angeles. ISBN 9780549440369.
- Peterson, Mark; Margulies, Phillip (2009). A Brief History of Korea. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2738-5.