700,000 years ago: People began to settle on the Korean peninsula. According to legend, in 2333 BC, Tan Jun Wang Jian, a descendant of the god Xiong Huan and the "bear girl" (originally meaning a bear turned into a woman, probably a tribal woman with a bear as a totem), established Wang Chengjian in Pyongyang today, and established the ancient "Korea country", which means "the country of tranquility and dawn". After Dangen ruled Korea 1500 years, he abdicated and became a mountain god. This legend is recorded in the History of the Three Kingdoms.
The earliest recorded Korea in the history of China was in the Western Zhou Dynasty after the demise of Shang Dynasty. Ji Zi, a follower of Shang Dynasty, went to the Korean Peninsula and established a "Jishi Houguo" with the local aborigines. At the end of 3rd century BC, Korea first appeared in history books. According to Records of the Historian written by Sima Qian, a historian of Han Dynasty in China, Ji Zi, the younger brother of the last king of Shang Dynasty, brought the etiquette and system of Shang Dynasty to the northern part of Korean Peninsula after Zhou Wuwang conquered it, and was elected as a monarch by the people there and recognized as a vassal by Zhou Dynasty. Historically known as "Jizi Korea".
According to the Korean history book "The Legacy of the Three Kingdoms", after Ji Zi came to North Korea, Uichiro Niwa's descendants moved south with their clansmen to avoid conflicts with people brought by Ji Zi. These people later became the ancestors of Sanhan.
Jizi Korea ruled the Korean peninsula for nearly a thousand years. According to Taiyuan Xianyu genealogy, the Xianyu family in North Korea originated from the descendants of Jizi Korea. Starting from Ji Zi, they experienced 465,438+0 generations of monarchs, and were not replaced by Wei Yanren until 65,438+0 century BC. His descendant Ji Zhun fled to the south and merged with Sanhan. It is said that "Chen Han" in the Three Kingdoms is a descendant of Ji Zi.
Korea, Korea period, due to the prosperity of Confucianism, ji zi was greatly respected and appreciated by North Korea. Koreans often call Ji Zi "Ji Sheng" and their country "Ji Guo Sheng".
At present, there is no archaeological research, and the Korean and Korean historians do not recognize the existence of the Ji Zi Dynasty.
According to historical records, Wei Man, the general of Yan State, led immigrants to North Korea and became the court minister of Jizi North Korea. Wei regime was established in North Korea in 194 BC and overthrew the regime. This is the second dynasty in Korean history, called "Wei's Korea".
In BC 108, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed Wei's Korea and established four counties, namely Le Lang, Xuantu, Lintun and Fan Zhen, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, which were called "Han Four Counties" in history.
In 82 BC, Lintun and Fan Zhen counties were abolished due to the resistance of ancient Koreans and local tribes. In 75 BC, Xuantu County moved to Liaodong. Le Lang County has been relocated many times in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Le Lang became independent in the new dynasty of Wang Mang's regime, and Le Lang County was taken back by the Eastern Han Dynasty (later Han Dynasty) in 30 AD. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Gongsun family in Liaodong (including Gongsun Yuan in The Romance of Three Kingdoms) established Daijun in the south of the county, and the indigenous Koreans in the south of the Korean Peninsula established the State of Chen centered on Chen Han, Mi. At the same time, there are also small countries such as Jiadai, which accepted the ancient Koreans who moved south, including the adherents of Wei North Korea and other tribes.
Due to the disintegration of the Han Dynasty, it entered the Three Kingdoms and later the Sixteen Countries War in the Eastern Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although the former Yan of Xianbei Murong in the Sixteen Countries of the Western Jin Dynasty once controlled the territory of the former Han Dynasty in northern Korea, it finally lost control of the area because it concentrated on fighting for the Central Plains. As a result, Koguryo Kingdom was formed in the southeast of China, and gradually became stronger. At its strongest, it once controlled the Liaodong area of China and the original "Han Four Counties" in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. At the same time, in the middle of A.D. 1 century, the State of Chen also began to disintegrate. Silla and Baekje, which appeared in their old territories, began to become stronger and stronger. In the 4th century, Korea formed a period in which Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje stood in three pillars. Known as "the period of the first three kingdoms of Korea", around the year of A.D. (The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records the first century BC), three major regimes appeared on the Korean peninsula: Silla (57-935 BC), Koguryo (37-668 BC) and Baekje (0/8-660 BC). At the southern tip of the peninsula, there are other regimes such as Gad. Countries attacked each other, and at the same time there was a period of relative prosperity in the history of the Korean Peninsula. Baekje was developed by Mahan tribe, and Silla was formed by a small tribe in Chen Han. Baekje absorbed culture from China and spread it to Japan by paying tribute to the court of the Southern Dynasties in China.
In Japan, some scholars believe that Kato and other regimes in Han Ge (now Gyeongsangnam-do) at the southern tip of the Korean peninsula were the colonies of Daiwa Institute in Japan at that time. Baekje, one of the three countries on the peninsula, approached Japan to resist the invasion of Koguryo and Silla and wanted to use Japan to contain the two countries. Japan tried to use this situation to establish its own power on the Korean peninsula. This led the Yamato court to send troops to Silla, occupy Korea and establish Japanese government rule in the fourth century. In May12, Baekje sent envoys to ask the Yamato court to cede four counties to compensate the northern territory occupied by Koguryo. At that time, the Yamato court was unable to continue to rule southern Korea and had to agree to Baekje's request. In 562, the Japanese government in Na Ren was destroyed by Silla. On the other hand, in North Korea and South Korea, many scholars deny the existence of Japanese colonies on the Korean peninsula. On the contrary, they think that there are many small countries ruled by Baekje, Kadoorie and Silla on the Japanese archipelago. When the countries on the peninsula compete with each other, they also compete to use their own power in the Japanese archipelago.
In Japan, according to the "high Tianyuan myth" (Gigi myth), there is an opinion that Japan rules Na Ren. Since the 1960' s, the account of the Japanese government in the Ji myth has been re-verified in North Korea and North Korea, and the reliability of the Ji myth has been denied. Since the 1970s, Japanese historians have reached the same conclusion. One year, Microsoft Encyclopedia attracted protests from some Korean scholars because of this problem. There are also many controversies about the interpretation of Goguryeo's inscription "The Monument to the Good King" in the Three Kingdoms. Some North Korean scholars even pointed out that the inscription on the tablet was tampered with by the old Japanese General Staff Headquarters.
Silla formed an alliance with the emerging Tang Dynasty, provided that it was a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. When Emperor Gaozong was in power, the army of the Tang Dynasty joined hands with Silla to destroy Baekje in 660 AD, and took Silla and Baekje as the route in 668. Koguryo was destroyed under the attack of Silla and the north and south, and General Xue established the capital of Anton in Koguryo and Baekje. In 676, Tang Jun retreated from Baekje's hometown and handed it over to Silla, which eventually unified most of the Korean Peninsula, making Gyeongju its capital, and imitated the state system of the Tang Dynasty to govern.
In the 9th century, farmers all over the country revolted. In 900, Zhen Xuan, the general of the army, became king. After the establishment of Baekje, Gwangju was its capital. In 903, Gong Jin, an uprising monk, proclaimed himself king, and established Taifeng State (initially known as Mozhen State) in the north and northwest of Silla, with Tieyuan as its capital. In 9 18, Wang Jian established the Korean dynasty, and later took "Korea" as the country name. The original Silla is also known as "Korea in the post-Three Kingdoms period". Silla died in Korea in 935, and the Silla era ended. Historians from South Korea, North Korea and Japan also included the history of Bohai Sea in the history of North Korea, so they also called this era the North-South Era. However, many historians in Chinese mainland oppose it, because they think that the Bohai Sea is only a minority regime in China.
In 9 18, Wang Jian, the ministry of Gong Yi Wang in the post-Koguryo period, was made king and moved to his hometown of Kaesong (Song Yue), and the country name was changed to "Korea". Silla was destroyed in 935, Baekje was destroyed in 936, and the Korean dynasty was established. Defeated by Liao in 993, he was forced to break off relations with Song and surrender to Liao, and was forced to surrender to Jin in 1 127. During the resistance against the Khitan and Jurchen, the military strength increased greatly. 1 170 and 1 173, under the leadership of the military commander Zheng Zhongfu, two coups took place, in which the military deposed the king and killed the noble civilian, and finally established the "Du Fang" regime in which the military commander Cui Zhongxian held the king hostage.
123 1 year, Mongolian troops attacked Korea, 1258, Cui regime crossed Taiwan, and the king surrendered to Mongolia. Sanbie Sofa refused to surrender to Mongolia and opposed the Mongolian war. 1273, Mongolia occupied Jeju Island, ending the war against Mongolia.
1280, in order to attack Japan, the Yuan Dynasty established Dongjin Province on the Korean Peninsula and stationed a "Great Confucian Huachi" in the Korean capital to control North Korea's national politics. Korean king can only live on the island. 128 1 year, with the failure of attacking Japan, Tohoku Province was dissolved. 1287, Tohoku Province was re-established, and King Koryo also served as Tohoku Province, becoming a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty. It was not until the return of King Miyako in 1356 that the Korean court regained sovereignty.
1368, the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty; 1370, North Korea paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty; 1387, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to attack the territory of the former Northeast Yuan Dynasty, but North Korea still supported the Mongolian remnants, but there was always a debate in North Korea about whether it should submit to the Ming Dynasty.
1388, korean king sent Li Chenggui to attack Liaodong, and Li Chenggui had already made up his mind to join the Ming Dynasty, so he returned from the Yalu River and occupied the capital Kaesong to launch a coup. 1392 deposed the king to stand on his own feet and sent envoys to the Ming dynasty. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's will, the emperor changed his name to North Korea, which means "bright morning sun". This era was called "Li Dynasty" by Japan, and this title is still used in most historians. Scholars in North Korea and South Korea think it should be called the Korean era, but this name is easily confused and rarely accepted.
140 1 year, the King of Korea was officially conferred by Emperor Taizong in the Ming Dynasty.