Why Koguryo/Kori can not be Chinese history even partly !!
Koguryo/Kori is not just one of the ancient Korean states to the modern-day Koreans. The ancient state, that commanded the northern part of Korea Peninsula and the Liaodong ( East of Liao River ) part of Manchuria for most of its active period, is at the core of the Korean national identity. [] I will use here ‘Koguryo’ in place of ‘Goguryeo’, because I note the fact the name Korea came from this ancient state. I believe the state name’s quality of being origin to the name Korea should be beyond the observance of the current Korean-English spelling guidelines. Koguryo/Kori Tomb Mural in Jirin, circa 5C AD, lower Manchuria What Koguryo means to modern-time Koreans First of all, the very country name Korea derived from this state that had existed for more than 700 years until 668 AD. The Koguryo people called themselves Koryo and the current international country name Korea, Coree and Kaori , as widely used in Asia, all came from the name of this ancient Korean state. Th e name came to ...