How did the name Korea come from?

The name of Korea is taken from the country name. Historically, the south-central part of the Korean peninsula was once the place where primitive Koreans settled. At the end of Li Han's reign, the king was declared emperor and the name of the country was changed to the Korean Empire.

Dongyi moved to Korea.

China historical records call ancient Koreans "eastward", which means "archers of the East". They are scattered in Manchuria, the eastern coast of China, north of the Yangtze River and the Korean Peninsula. There is a myth among Dongyi people that the legendary founder, Khan, was born by a father who descended from the sky and a woman who took a bear as a totem (there were many such tribes in the south of ancient China). It is said that he began to rule in 2233 BC, and his descendants have been in power in Korea's "country of quiet at dawn" and "country of bright at sunrise" 1000 years. When the Zhou Dynasty attacked Yin, Dongyi people gradually migrated to Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula. During the Warring States Period in China, the Dongyi people on the west coast of the Yellow Sea clashed with the Zhou people. This led most of them to migrate to South Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula.

Korea and Korea.

As the appellation of political power, it is said that Tan Jun Korea before the week, Jishi Korea before the week (built by Ji Zi, a descendant of Shang Dynasty) and Weishi Korea between Qin and Han Dynasties were all located in the north of Datong River, which was the traditional dividing line between China and the Korean Peninsula (until Zhu Yuanzhang). However, after Emperor Wu sent troops to the northeast to destroy Weishi Korea, "Korea" was destroyed. Later, the regime that appeared on the Korean peninsula never used "Korea" as the country name before Lee's Korea. Historically, North Korea was only occasionally mentioned as a geographical term, and it was used to represent a border area in China. In the early Ming Dynasty, North Korean general Li Chenggui used the title of "Korea" to please Zhu Yuanzhang after usurping power, which had little to do with the Korean Peninsula.

Now let's look at the origin of "Han". As mentioned earlier, most of Dongyi moved to Nanman and the Korean Peninsula during the Warring States Period in China. There are other tribes in Dongyi, namely immigrants living in Manchuria and Koreans living on the Korean peninsula. They all belong to Tungusic language family and Altaic language family. According to the records in the History of the Three Kingdoms and the History of the Later Han Dynasty in China, Korea on the peninsula at that time was mainly divided into three types: Ma, Chen and Mi. There are more than 65,438+10,000 households in Ma, 40,000 to 50,000 households in Chen and Mi 12 households. Silla, a part of Mahan-Baekje and Han Ge-emerged as two great powers in the Korean annexation war. Silla united with Tang Dynasty to eliminate Baekje and Koguryo, and unified the Korean Peninsula for the first time. After the decline of Silla, the peninsula entered the Three Kingdoms period. After that, Korea unified the Korean peninsula and established Wangshi Korea. Later, Lee Korea was established by Li Chenggui, as mentioned above. From this course, we can see that the "Han" in North Korea comes from the indigenous Korean people on the peninsula, and the ancient "Three Han" is its representative. Before the division of Korea, Korea was actually called Korea (the government in exile in China during the Anti-Japanese War was called the "Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea"), which was the name of the last monarch of Korea, Li Xi, before it was annexed by Japan. South Korea has never used South Korea as the country name before, so what is the basis for changing the country name?

The origin of "Korea"

From this point of view, before Dongyi moved its capital to Korea, the name of Korea had little to do with the Korean peninsula; In the Zhou Dynasty, Korea was an indigenous people on the peninsula. The present Korean (or Korean) nation is mainly composed of Koreans in the southern part of the peninsula, and is formed by the integration of Han nationality, immigrants, Koreans, widows, Koguryo people and Jurchen people. This "Korean nation" just borrowed the name of the ancient Dongyi nationality.

As we all know, there was a South Korea in the Spring and Autumn Period, ranking second among the five lords-Marquis. Although it is a close relative of Zhou, this country is too small. Soon, South Korea was destroyed by the State of Jin, and its rulers entered the State of Jin to continue to be nobles. In the Book of Songs, Han Yu said: "Pu Bie Hancheng, Yan Shi finished, was ordered by his ancestors, because it was a hundred foreigners." Wang Xihan Hou, who chased him, was chosen to go north because of his uncle. " Therefore, the Emperor of Zhou sealed only one imperial clan to Hancheng, but the people there were mostly foreigners, which was similar to that in Yan and Pakistan. Among them, it is the above-mentioned Koreans and migrants who pursue peace, and this North Korea, as one of the East Yi, is also constantly migrating, and the North Korea annexed by the State of Jin is only a branch that remains in the Central Plains. (Later, the three tribes were divided into Jin, and South Korea was restored. This is beside the point. ) In "Research on Korean Migration Movement", Jin Yuji made a detailed investigation on the migration of ancient Koreans on the basis of studying The Book of Songs, Han Yi and Wang Fu, and divided it into three stages: the first stage was the migration from western qi zhou to Hancheng, Shaanxi; The second stage moved from there to Gucheng, Hebei Province; The third stage will be transferred from there to the Korean peninsula. Therefore, Korea on the peninsula and Korea in the Central Plains are actually homologous, both from Hancheng. The "Han" in Hancheng comes from the "Han" of Korean nationality.

It can be seen that the name of Korea is taken from the name of the Han nationality, which is a tribe of Dongyi. The so-called "Yi" is a general term for the border people in ancient China, so-called Dongyi, Xirong, Beidi and Nanman. The "Koreans" on the Korean Peninsula are closely related to Koreans in China's history, so it seems that the history of South Korea is debatable.