THE HISTORY OF KOREA Kuya Tribe
CHAPTER FOUR
II. PUYO
Friendly relations with Han dynasty
Puyo leader used Chinese King title to signify
subordination to Chinese emperor
Later on, Puyo was absorbed by the Kingdom
of Koguryo
Basic unit was the clan
Tribal leader ka
Each leader had a suffix. Ma hosrse, u
Cow, Cho Pig, Ku Dog
The names of the animals which were vital to
tribes were embodied titles of leaders
Polygamy
Slavery was a puyo institution
III, Koguryo
Legendary founder was believed to be a man
named Chumong
Koguryo developed warfare as a way of life
Five core tribes: Kyeru, Sono, Cholno, Sunno
and Kwanno
Kochu-ka patriarchs and wife of patriarchs
Three sorts of Kasin (family vassal)
1. Saja
2. Choui
3. Sonin
Sang-ka clan patriarchs of the ordinary sorts
Haho subordinates
Taedaero great highest post in hierarchy
Tongmaeng annual harvest festival
Tongmyong legendary progenitor of the
Koguryo people; they worship
Susin worship of the male organ
IV. TRIBES OF THE EAST AND SOUTH
Okcho Tribe
Tong-Ye Tribe
Tong-ye eastern Ye
Kun-hyon country and prefecture
Fishing and farming
Kwahama small horse
Okcho submitted to Koguryo during the 2nd half
of the first century AD
Sam Han (three Hans): Ma-han, Chin-han and
Pyon-han tribal leagues
1. Pon-kaya main kaya
2. Tae Kaya Great kaya
Kaya was absorbed later by Silla kingdom
Kosogan head
Chachaung shaman
Isagum successor
Maripkan King
Saro southeast
King Naemul founder of Silla
Chongun priests
Sodo sacred areas usually consisting of groves
of trees
Religious festivals
1. Suri-ttok bread of may 5
2. Kosa-ttok bread for prayer
Korean topknot and tattooing
CHAPTER 4: FORMATION OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOM
Taejo grand progenitor or Tai-tsu in Chinese
Koguryo was the first of the tribal leagues to
mature into a kingdom
Control of okcho and tong-ye on the east coast
and absorbing Puyo
Koguryo defeated by Paekche and Yen State
Koguryo survived and was able to regain
enough strength to resist pressure from China
during the reign of King Sosurim
Reign of Chijung
1. Maripkan to Wang
2. Saro to Silla
Reign of Pophungwang silla emerged as a full-
pledged kingdom
King Sosurim of Koguryo
1. Spread of Buddhism
2. Taehak highest school of learning
Kwanggaeto-wang: King who expanded
territory
Yongnak eternal happiness
Yongnak Tae-wang Great king of Eternal
Happiness
Changsu-wang long lived King 413-491
Diplomatic relations with both regimes in China
Nan Pei Chao Northern and Southern
Dynasties
 Chinhung-wang of Silla killed songwang and
conquered Kaya
CHAPTER 5
Aristocratic young men military training
Koguryo Administration
o Hyong elder brother
o Saja messenger
Taedaero highest ranking official
Yoksal military official
Choryogunji civil official
Song fortresses
Land Ownership
o Sajon hereditary
o Sigup lifetime
Tax adult male to pay 5 pil or rolls of grain
Corvee - forced labor
Chindaebop government loan
Sixteen grades distinguished from colors of
clothes
Aristocratic society
Naegwan internal office
Oegwan external
Sangdaedung prime minister
Pang districts
Kolpum Bone ranks
Sanggol Sacred Bone
Chingol true bone
Tupum six classes under royal family
Kalmun-wang Kings mother and the Kings
wife
Tuknan difficult to Attain
Hwabaek ruling class
Hwarang Flower Knights
Kim Yu-sin military leader chiefly responsible
for the unification of Korea
Ideology combination of the traditional way of
tribal communities with new Chinese Buddhism
and Confucianism
Sesok Ogye Five Commandments: became
basic rule of life for the Hwarang
1. To serve the King with loyalty
2. To serve ones parents with filial piety
3. To be faithful to ones friends
4. to not retreat in battle
5. To not kill indiscriminately
Hwarang-segi records of hwarang by Kim Tae-
mun: set forth the lives of 200 hundred
hwarangs
II. Culture and the Arts
Korean culture and Chinese culture
combination
Kyongdang privates schools during the
Koguryo
One important custom adopted from china was
the compiling of historical records
Yugi history of koguryo was recorded in this
work
Great Tomb decorated with a mythical beast
representing one of the four directions blue
dragon of east, white tiger of west, red phoenix
of south and the tortoise and snake of the north
Hyonhakkum or Komungo six stringed
instrument from Chin State of China
Sogi Korean (paekche) historical work written
in chinese by Ko hung
History of Paekche works
1. Paekche-gi records of Paekche
2. Paehcke pongi history of paekche
3. Paekche sinchan new history of paekche
Wang In introduced the Confucian Analects and
the Thousand Character Classic to the Japanese
Silla last of the three kingdoms to adopt
Chinese culture preserved tribal culture much
longer
People of silla were more conservative
Kayagum musical instrument
Hyangga native songs
CHAPTER 6
China had been politically divided and torn by
chronic internal conflict, states and dynasties
appearing and disappearing with confusing
rapidity
China united under Sui and Silla promptly
sought an alliance with her newly powerful
neighbour
Yon Kae-so-mun appointed himself Taemangniji
or military dictator replacing the Taedaero
Parhae Haedong Songguk prosperous
country in the East