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[3rd Session] On the history texts, Samgukyusa


MC Jeonghae started the session by reading the reviews about the last class. The comment that made us proud was from Ivy Luna from the Philippines who said “May we all from HACD class in our own ways be ambassadors in making their TRUE HISTORY be heard, recognized and accepted by the world”. Totally! That is the purpose behind the HACD programs and meetings and we hope that it will become a reality!





This session’s lecturer was Mr. Lee from the Philippines. Samgukyusa is one of the 3 important history books of Korea which include Samguk Sagi and Dangun Segi. It was written by a Buddhist monk Il Yeon (1206- 1289). We read a passage from the “Old Joseon” Chapter of Samguk Yusa. According to the Book of Wei, Joseon existed over 2000 years ago by Dangun Wanggeom. The Capital is Asadal. According to the Gogi (Ancient Records of Korea), Hwanguk was composed of 12 countries. Hwanin was the ruler of Hwanguk and Hwanung was the ruler of Baedal. This is when the Hongik Ingan ideology was mentioned. The people decided to move near Taebaek Mountain because of climate change and population growth. The same information can be found in Samseong Gi Vol. 1 which said that Hwanguk has lasted for 3301 years. Hwanin taught the people how to cook with fire. 


Then, Mr. Lee introduced us to the Hwandan Gogi which was published in 1911 by Gye Yeon-su. A Japanese edition of the Hwandan Gogi was written by a Japanese lawyer Kashima Noboru (1925-2001). Kashima wrote “Hwandan Gogi is a unique book that provides a comprehensive understanding of every dimension of human life, including politics, language, custom, and religion” and “Hwandan Gogi is the greatest treasure of Asia”. One fun fact we learned was that thirty-eight letters of the Korean proto-alphabet (Garimto) were found in the Dangun Segi (which is one of the volumes in Hwandan Gogi). Thus, we can know that Hangeul, the Korean writing system was not made from scratch, but was based on a proto writing system!



Next, there was a Q&A session. Thank you for reading this review. Come join us for more events and interesting contents in the future! 





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