Korean mythic chronology

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"Antient Chronicles of Han and Dan"

p. 460 successive dynasties

dynasty

successions

ys. duration

ys. subtotal

HwangGung

     

YuIn

     

HanIn

7

3301

 

HanUng: 1st period

13

 

1567

HanUng: 2nd period

5

 

ImGum: 1st period

21

1222

2097

ImGum: 2nd period

26

875

BuRu

     

EbRu

     

pp. 323-325 HanUng dynasty of BaeDar / BalkTar ("Bright Land")

p.

capital city

#

emperor

ys. reign

ys. life

323

S^inS^i ("City of God")

1st

GeBalHan

94

120

   

2nd

GeBulLi

86

102

   

3rd

WuYaGo

99

135

324

 

4th

MoSaRa

107

129

   

5th

TaeWuEi

93

115

   

6th

DaEiBar

98

110

   

7th

GeRyen

81

140

   

8th

AnBuRyen

73

94

   

9th

YangWun

96

139

   

10th

GalGo = DokRoHan

100

125

   

11th

GeYaBal

92

149

   

12th

Z^uMuS^in

105

123

   

13th

SaWaRa

67

100

 

C^ungGu ("Green Mound")

14th

Z^aOhZ^i = C^iWu

109

151

   

15th

C^iAekTek

89

118

325

 

16th

C^ukDaRi

56

99

   

17th

HyekDaSe

72

97

   

18th

GeBulDan = DanUng

48

82

p. 461 ImGum dynasty

dynasty

#

emperor

ys. reign

ImGum

1st

DanGun

93

 

2nd

BuRu

58

 

etc.

   

BuRu

1st

SaekBulRu

 
 

etc.

   

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p. 19 Z^ingSimRok ("The Writings of Heart Purification"), in 3 parts of 5 volumes each, the encyclopaedia written by Bak-Z^eSang

-Z^i ("Book of")

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

1st

BuDo- ("Sacred City")

SaHae- ("Geography")

NongSang- ("Agriculture & Sericulture")

2nd

EmSin- ("Languages")

GyeBul- ("Self-Attainment")

DoIn- (Pottery-Making")

3rd

RyekSi- ("Calendars")

MulMyeng- ("Natural Science")

?

4th

C^unWung- ("History")

GaRak- ("Music")

?

5th

SungS^in- ("Astronomy")

Eiyak- ("Medicine")

?

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"History of the City of Heaven's Ordinance"

p. 95 descendants of MaGo ("Mother Earth")

her 2 daughters

the 2 sons of each daughter

GungHee ("Vault Lady")

the 2 Gung-s

SoHee ("Nest Lady")

the 2 So-s

the 4 heavenly men

#

p.95 heavenly man

p. 96 his element

p.100 his realm

1st

HwangGong ("Yellow Vault") [who became a resounding stone (p. 101)]

earth

C^unSan (TienS^an "Heavenly Mountain") in the north

2nd

BaekSo ("White Nest")

air

WerS^ik (Moon Resting") in the west

3rd

C^ungGung ("Blue Vault")

water

WunHae ("Sea of Cloud") in the east

4th

HekSo ("Black Nest")

fire

SungS^eng ("Star Births") in the south

origins of culture

p. 98 Z^iSo ("Branch Nest", descendant of BaekSo) originated the eating of grapes.

p. 99 HwangGung originated the eating of kudzu (pueraria "mountain-arrowroot").

p. 101 YuIn originated the use of fire. {= Sui-ren}

p. 102 HanUng exile criminals to the Sum ("sunrise") isles [which, as remarked by the commentator, cannot be Siam -- cf., more likely the SUMo in Central America]; invented boats & vehicles.

p. 103 ImGum invented silk-production & pottery.

p. 104 Altar of Heaven's Ordinance

in "the bright land of TaeBaek (Taibai / Great White)."

numeric substances

p.

substance

its provenience

104

7-fold jade

BangHo mine in BangZ^ang mountain

105

5-auspices-seeds (pinenuts)

WonGyo peak in BongRae mountain

106

thrice-miraculous-roots (ginseng)

valley of the DaeYe mountain

calamity-inviting evil-doers admonished fruitlessly by the remonstrant YuHo

evil-doer

evil deeds

p. 106 DoYo (Yao)

p. 107 advocated monarchism;

expelled the Myo (Miao);

devised defective calendar in imitation of growth & fall of MyungHyup leaves

p. 107 S^un the eldest son of YuHo

p. 108 started killing wise men (including the father of Wu)

p. 108 Wu (Yu) the king of Ha (Xia)

killed S^un, but resisted YuHo;

established spurious altar at DoSan mountain [in rivalry to that of TaeBaek]

p. 111 small calendar

cycle

consisting of __

sa (year)

13 gi (months) = 52 yo = 364 days

gi (month)

4 yo (weeks)

yo (week)

7 days

p. 111 durations of year

sa of 364 days

dan of 365 days

pan of 366 days (lear year) every 4th year

Thomas Yoon: The BuDoZhi. Cross Cultural Publications, 2003.