The Tale of Ji Zi : the lie that changed the history
The Great Chinese Gentleman Zhou Enlai. He epitomized in his person the Chinese dignity and cultural power as a CCP founder along with Mao Zedong. He was a big man. In 1963 he officially apologized to the visiting Koreans for the history distortion by Shiji 史記 of Sima Qian 馬遷撰 about Ji Zi 箕子, or Gija in Korean . If you are a student of Korean history, you may have heard of Ji Zi 箕子, or Gija as pronounced in Korean. Koreans believe the founding father of their country is a culture hero figure called Dangun, who was born to a being that came down from the heaven to benefit the land and people. They celebrate October 3rd as national holiday every year to celebrate the coming of the heavenly being to the land, that the legend says took place four and half millennia ago. That first ancient Korean state was called Joseon and to tell it from the last Korean dynasty that had used the same name before de...