Why do Koreans say they are descendants of Confucius?

Speaking of Confucius being Korean, we should also start with Huan Tan Ji Gu, a famous pseudo-history book about the Korean Peninsula. Mr. Zhou, an associate professor in the Department of History of Peking University, once published an article in International Political Studies. The title of the article is "Korean Historical View and Sino-Korean Relations". In the article, Professor Zhou pointed out:

"The appearance of Huan Tan Ji Gu itself is related to the scholar Li Yujiao in unofficial history. It is said that this book was compiled by Gui Yanshou in 19 1 1 year. 1949, when he handed this book to his disciple Li, he told him to publish it in Geng (1980), so it was not copied until 1979. Whether this book was written by Gui Yanshou or Li Yuxi is unknown, but what is certain is that it is a fake book written by modern people in the name of the ancients. "

The book "Huantan Ji Gu" is divided into four parts: Three Sages, Dan Gunshi, Northern Government Soldiers Yu Ji, Taibai Yi Shi. "Three Sages" was written by Lao He Silla and Shang Yuan. This part thinks that Tan Jun and Korea are real, and there were two eras, Guo Huan and Shenshi, before Dangen. This part is highly similar to the history of Kwai Garden. Some people think that Huan Tan's ancient story is based on the history of Kwai Garden.

There are many textual researches that this book is a fake book. The most basic books use many modern words, and many names have only appeared in modern times. There are no ancient Korean relics in Sumer and other places in the book. Huan and Beida countries existed in the Neolithic Age, so it is impossible to have a country. At the same time, the book also cites a large number of modern books, which is inconsistent with many historical books.

However, many Korean unofficial history scholars regarded this book as a treasure, and on this basis, held a "National History Restoration Conference" in the mid-1970s. Began to engage in the so-called "national history restoration movement." Freedom magazine, founded by Park Cangyan, is the main position for unofficial history scholars to publish articles. At the same time, they also hold free lectures on national history in various places to publicize their opinions. Through a series of publicity, fake books such as Huantan Ji Gu and Gu Yuan Shi Hua began to spread widely in the society.

At the same time, Jin Jiaoxian's History of People at the Altar became popular during this period. In this book, the history of Xianbei, Mohong, Bohai Sea and Liao and Jin Dynasties is also regarded as Korean history, while in the history of Peking University, the history of Qing Dynasty is regarded as Korean history, and the northern nationalities in China are merged into the Korean nation, trying to regard the "altar nation" as the history of East Asia and even the world.

What's more, Wu Zhengrun, a professor at the Institute of Social Education of BenQ University, advocates that the history of the northern nationalities should be included in the history of Korea and the history of Korea should be established. On the other hand, the historical view of Dongyi regards Dongyi and Koreans as the same nation as mentioned in China's ancient books, and holds that Dongyi is the ancestor of Koreans, Dongyi culture is Korean culture, and Dongyi history is Korean history.

They think that Dongyi in China and Dongyi in the Korean Peninsula belong to the same nation, and infer that the root of oriental culture is not the Han nationality, but the Korean nation. That's how unofficial history scholars who think Confucius is Korean come to this conclusion.

Since 197 1, An Xianghao has always emphasized that Confucius belongs to Dongyi nationality. He proved that Confucius was a native of Dongyi in the book Five Thousand Years of National History published by 1987. The reason is that the Shang Dynasty was a dynasty established by the Eastern or Dongyi people, while Confucius was a Song Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Song Dynasty was a descendant of the Yin people, while the Koreans were descendants of Dongyi people, so Confucius was a Korean.

This wonderful logic is ridiculous to anyone, so these Korean unofficial history scholars simply don't need to pay attention to it.