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The Thirty-Six Strategies of Ancient China
Introduction The Thirty-Six Strategies is a unique collection of ancient Chinese proverbs that describe some of the most cunning and subtle strategies ever devised. Whereas other Chinese military texts such as Sun Zi's The Art of War focus on military...
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The Art of War by Sun Zi - 孫子兵法 - sūn zĭ bīng fǎ
I. LAYING PLANS 1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of war, then,...
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Fuyu Rulers
Buyeo (? 239 BC - 494 ) Buyeo is believed to have risen from the areas of Joseon in 2nd-3rd century BC. They claimed the inheritance of Joseon, and the rulers continued to use the titles of Tanje or the emperor. According to some accounts, Buyeo was divided...
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Rulers > Tangun
Dangun is the mythical founder of Korea . The oldest existing record of the foundation myth involving him appears in the Samguk Yusa , a 13th-century collection of legends and stories. Story Dangun's ancestry begins with his grandfather Hwanin (환인; 桓因;),...
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Jin and Mahan Rulers
JIN - An ancient Korean state or league of tribal states, located in southern Korea.Jin was active in the last half of the first millenium BCE. Little of substance is known of it, and the degree of authority able to be exerted by Jin monarchs over local...
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Rulers > Wei Man
Wei Man (衛滿 Pinyin : Wei4 man3 Wiman/위만 in Korean ) was a Chinese general who established the Wiman Joseon kingdom in northwestern Korea in the 2nd century BC. He was the first figure in the history of Korea who was recorded in documents of the same age....
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Yan State Rulers
Rulers of Yan Rulers of Yan Capitals: Ji 薊 (or Yan 匽 or Beiyan 北燕; modern Beijing), Linyi 臨易 (modern Xiongxian 雄縣/Hebei) Yan Shaogong 燕召公 " Shao Gong Shi 召公奭" (Ji Shi 姬奭) ... 9 generations... Yan Huihou 燕惠侯 865-827 Yan Xihou 燕釐侯 (Ji Zhuang 姬莊) 826-791...
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Etymology of Andong
The Tang empire - the second of the Chinese empires having subcontinental size, after the Han 漢 - stretched from the Tarim Basin 塔里木盆地 to the Korean Peninsula, and from Mongolia down to what is modern Vietnam. The Tang capital was Chang'an 長安 (modern...
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Sarhu battle
The Battle of Sarhū refers to the series of battles between the Manchus and Ming on March 1619 , which ended in the overwhelming victory of the former. Official documents exaggerate the numbers of Ming soldiers and Manchus up to 470 thousand and 60 thousand...
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Ulsan Waesung / Wajo (Japanese Castle)
This strategically located fort was designed and built by a Japanese general, Kiyomasa Kato, in 1597 during the Hideyoshi Invasion. About 16,000 Japanese soldiers were called out to built it in about forty days out of stones carried from Ulsan p and P`y...
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Temple names
Temple names (廟號 or less commonly 庙號 Pinyin : miào hào; 묘호 in Korean: Myoho), are commonly used when naming most Chinese (under Unified China Han, Jin, Sui? Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, Yüan, Ming and Qing dynasties), certain Korean rulers (under Koryo and...
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Palhae Pohai Rulers
Sovereigns of Barhae/Po Hai : 발해국왕일람 / 발해 왕계표 /渤海君主列表 Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號) Personal Names Period of Reigns Era Names ( Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of years 渤海史主要年表 진숙열황제 세조 걸걸중상 (乞乞仲象, Qiqi Zhongxiang) 대조영 (大祚榮)의 어버지님. (668-699) 중광...
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Tae Kaya/ Great Kaya
Daegaya 대가야 大伽倻 was a major chiefdom of the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County , in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea . (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya , which...
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Japanese Korean and Chinese forces
Korea : Regular forces Irregular forces = Korean guerilla 日本軍の編成 文禄の役 一番隊-小西行長・ 宗義智 ・ 松浦鎮信 ・ 有馬晴信 ・ 大村喜前 ・ 五島純玄 -18700人 二番隊-加藤清正・ 鍋島直茂 ・ 相良頼房 -22800人 三番隊- 黒田長政 ・ 大友吉統 -11000人 四番隊- 毛利吉成 ・島津義弘・ 伊東祐兵 ・ 島津忠豊 -14000人 五番隊- 福島正則 ・ 長宗我部元親 ・ 蜂須賀家政 ・ 生駒親生 ・ 来島通之...
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The War Diary of Admiral Lee/ 난중일기
1592年 임진년 (선조 25년 : 서기 1592년(48세))/ 1592년 1월 1일 ∼ 8월 27일 임진란이 일어나기 1년전(신묘년)에 유성룡의 천거로 전라좌수사로 여수에 부임한 충무공은 미구에 왜란이 있을 것을 예측하고 좌수영 관할 아래 모든 군사를 훈련시키고 장비도 보강 하는등 온갖 방비를 주력하였다. 임진년 4월 12일에 거북선을 완성 시범 항해를 하자 하루뒤인 4월 13일 임진왜란이 일어났 다. 공은 전선 24척을 모아 5월 4일 출동하여...
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1차 해전
제 1 차 출동 (5월 4일부터 5월 9일까지 ) 진해루 군사회의의 결정에 따라 전라좌수군은 5월4일부터 5월 9일까지 제1차 출동을 하 고 있는데, 이 기간에 전라좌수군은 옥포해전에서 적선 26척,합포해전에서 5척 그리고 적진 포해전에서 11척등 합계 42척의 적선을 당파 또는 격침시키고 있다. 제1차출동은 전과에서 도 대단한성과를 거두었지만, 그보다도 우리전라좌수군에게 전쟁공포증을 극복하게 해주 었고, 해전에서의 자신감을 얻게 하는데 큰 의의가...
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해 상 전 투
여수와 임진왜란 I. 여수와 임진왜란 여수지방의 역사는 아주 옛날 삼국시대부터 밝혀지고 있으나, 여수라는 아름다운 이름이 생긴것은 고려가 건국해서 전국의 지명을 바꿀때 부터였다. 그러나 여수지방은 경지면적이 협소하고 인구가 희소하여 삼국시대부터 순천의 속현으로 내려왔는데 여수현령이 처음으로 임명된 것은 고려말 충정왕 2년(l350)이었다. 그러나 이 억수현령시대도 겨우 43년간 계속되다가 이성계가 건국 한 후에는 반역향이라하여 억수현마저 폐현되고,...
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Japanese Blitzkrieg
Japanese Blitzkrieg : 「文禄の役」の侵略図 With Choson enmeshed in factional squabbling, Hideyoshi readied his forces to move into Choson. From his headquarters in Hizen, Hideyoshi mobilized seven fully-equipped divisions, nearly 150,000 men and gathered a fleet...
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Higo Province - Aso, Kikuchi, Sagara
Ancient time In the age of the ancient burial mounds, ancient style burial mounds are built in the area of Jyonan Town and the Uto Peninsula, and more burial mounds were built centering keyhole-shaped mounds in the areas in Aso Valley, Kikusui Town, and...
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Protectorate General to Pacify the East
The Protectorate-General to Pacify the East 安東都護府 (An dong tuo hu fu in Pinyin) 안동도호부 (Andong Dohobu in Korean) was a military government established at Pyongyang by Tang Dynasty China in 668 . It played an important role in the turbulent events of the...
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Executive Summary of Admiral Lee's Life
Admiral Sunshin Lee was born on 8 March, 1545, at Geuncheun-Dong, Seoul, as the third of four children of Jeung Lee. It is told that his mother had a very auspicious dream when she laid him. His first name, Sunshin which means a good subject, was given...
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Lelang commandery
Lelang (樂浪郡 le4 lang4 jun4) was one of the Chinese commanderies which was kept in the Korean Peninsula over 400 years. History In 108 B.C. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the area under Youqu (右渠), a grandson of Wei Man . The Emperor set up Lelang,...
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판옥선의 특징
판옥선은 우선 다층 전함이라는 점이 가장 큰 특징 이다. 전시대의 전함들이 모두 평선이기 때문에 갑판위에는 전투원과 비전투원인 노꾼이 함께 있게 되어 전투효율이 떨어지는데 비해 판옥선은 비 전투원인 격군(노꾼)을 판옥내에 숨기고 전투원은 상장위에서 적을 내려다 보며 공격할 수 있게 된것이다. 또한 판옥선의 상장위 넓은 갑판은 대포를 설치하기에도 좋으며 사정거리도 늘릴 수 있는 장점이 있다. (당시 대포는 지금처럼 쉽게 사각을 올릴 수 없고 고임목을...
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Senkaku Islands
The Senkaku Islands ( Japanese : 尖閣諸島; Senkaku-Shotō) are islands are currently under Japanese control but claimed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan), by which they are known as the Diaoyu Islands or Diaoyutai Islands...
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The Great Korean Emperor?
1. 마고주신 2. 개천(開天) 3. 창시기(創始紀) 4. 국 시조 안파견 한님 5. 국 제2세 혁서한님 6. 국 제3세 고시리한님 7. 국 제4세 주우양한님 8. 국 제5세 석제임한님 9. 국 제6세 구을리한님 10. 국 제7세 지위리한님 11. 태시기(太始紀) 12. 배달국 시조 커밝한한웅 13. 배달국 제2세 커부리한웅 14. 배달국 제3세 우야고한웅 15. 배달국 제4세 모사라한웅 16. 배달국 제5세 태우의한웅 17. 배달국 제6세 다의발한웅...