Story 33. The recovery of several southern counties of Balhae and the legend of Arirang during the reign of King Seon (宣王) through the great expedition of the Konggrat tribe's Arcana Kun

 Story 33. The recovery of several southern counties of Balhae and the legend of Arirang during the reign of King Seon (宣王) through the great expedition of the Konggrat tribe's Arcana Kun

During the 12 years from 818 to 830 year during the reign of King Daeinsu (大仁秀), the founder of the Konggrat tribe, Geumhaeng (金幸), was probably in his 30 age to 50 age when he was a young man. In that case, the "Great Expulsion of the Konggrat tribe's Arcana Kun" can be said to be directly related to the war of the former king Insu to recover Balhae. <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> recorded the “Ergene Kun Great Ital of the Konggrat Tribe”

It was the story of the “Golden Jar, the Great March of Konggrat” that took place during the reign of King Seonwang Daeinsu (宣王 大仁秀) and the “Golden March of Konggrat” that participated in the Balhae King’s war to recover Balhae territory. There were historical facts that support this assumption. First of all, the founder of the Konggrat tribe, “Golden Jar,” was the 4th generation descendant of King Seonwang (宣王) of Balhae as historical records say. However, Insu (仁秀) and Geumhaeng (今幸) were descendants of the two sons of Yabal, Wongi (元璣) and Ilha (壹夏), as shown in the diagram. Geumhaeng was the grandson of “Kiyan”, the son of these two, and Insu was the grandson of Gwangdeok (匡德), who was Kiyan’s cousin.

[Genealogy of the Second Balhae Royal Family]

[Daejoyeong]                                       [Daeyabal]

Daemuye                         Wongi (元璣) ← 2nd cousin→  Ilha (壹夏)

Daedo-rihaeng           Gwangdeok (匡德) ← 4th cousin →  Kiyan

Nekuju (Nimgeum)                     (?)         ←6th cousin→  Kiyan's son

   Insu (仁秀)  ←8th cousin→Geumhaeng (今幸)

Daejoyeong's younger brother Yabal had two sons.

Wongi (元璣) and Ilha (壹夏), and Ilha's grandson Geumhaeng was the main character of the Golden Jar. The throne was inherited through Daejoyeong's lineage and continued until the 9th king, but Dae Insu, the 3rd generation descendant of Won-gi, the eldest son of Daejoyeong's younger brother Daeyabal, ascended to the throne as the 10th king, Seonwang (宣王), and the descendants of Daeyabal, the 2nd king, succeeded to the throne.

As shown in the diagram, Insu and Geumhaeng were 8th cousins. Geumhaeng, the brother of Donghangryeol, followed the order of Insu, the new king of Balhae who had branched off from his 4th great-grandfather, his great-great-grandfather Yabal, and escaped from the "Amnok River Negun." Then he advanced south and fought fiercely against Silla.

However, <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> states that “the Konggrat tribe went out without consulting with other tribes∙∙∙and trampled on the fields of other tribes.” This story tells us that other tribes opposed the Konggrat tribe leaving Arkana Kun and participating in the war to regain their territory. Nevertheless, Geumhaeng and his three sons rushed to the land where the furnaces and smelters of the Mogol (Malgal) people were melting the rich iron ore of Arkana Kun at the time to make iron, and then making weapons with it. They then gathered the weapons stored there, armed themselves with them, and quickly departed for the Yalu River region.

And then, Konggrat Geumhaeng (金幸) and his party were originally the southern provinces of Balhae, but during the reign of King Daemuye, in 737 year, they invaded and fought in the lands of Pyeongannam-do and Hwanghae-do that had been taken by Silla in the south.

As a result, the Konggrats of Geumhaeng defeated Silla and regained the land south of Pyeongsanbu (平山府) in Hwanghae-do that they had previously lost, and even the land of Byeokrando near Gaeseong, Gyeonggi-do, and Ganghwado.

The record that proves this fact is that the <History of Goryeo> writes about Geumhaeng as “the monk Geumhaeng of Pyeongju, our country.”

The founder of Konggrat, Geumhaeng, lived in none other than “Pyeongsanbu (平山府)” in Hwanghae-do, “Goryeo Pyeongju (平州).” Before this, his clan lived in the western capital of Balhae, “Amnokgangne ​​Gun.” However, after the record in <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> that they left “Arkhana Kun (Yalu River Nei County=Amnog River County)”, they were living in “Pyeongju (平州) of our country [Goryeo]” as <Goryeo History> says.

This is the story that the Kongrat people left Arkhana Kun, went on a long journey south, won the battle against Silla, regained the southern province of Balhae, and settled in today’s Pyeongsan (平山), a strategic point in that land.

There have been numerous studies and theories about the meaning of the Arirang in the national song “Arirang”, where it is located, and even the origin of the Korean national identity. Here, the author, Dr. Jeon Won-cheol, tells an interesting new story. The story begins with an incident between the races in Arcana Kone.

The other Mogol races would have tried to dissuade the Kongrat race family from leaving Arcana Kone. However, when the Kongrat race refused to listen and ran away, the remaining Mogol races would have resented them for abandoning them and leaving in a bad way. That is why, later on, when someone in the Kongrat race got sick, they complained that it was because their family left Arcana Kone first without consulting or agreeing with the other races.

As in the Arirang song, ∙∙∙, because of this, just like our proverb, “When a cousin buys land, a hundred houses get sick,” “When Konggrat’s feet hurt, he went out first and achieved great things, becoming the ruler of Paegangdo (浿江道=西海道=渤海道), but the reason he got sick was because they left us behind and ran away to step on the furnaces of other tribes, and other tribes made fun of him.

It’s like “Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo, ∙∙∙∙∙, The one who leaves me behind will get sick before he even goes ten miles.” It’s the same context as the country that destroyed Goguryeo. Originally, “Ari, Ari-rang, Three, Three-rang” means “Ari, Ari-rang (阿里-郞=Kori-rang=Goryeo-rang-gun), Silla, Silla-rang (斯盧-郞, Sa-ro-rang).”

Also, “Ari Ari Arirang, Three Three Three-rang, Arari is better, please pass me over to Arirang Pass∙∙∙” means “Among Arirang=Kari-rang=Goryeo-rang-gun (king) and Sa-ro (Silla)-rang-gun (king), Goryeo-rang-gun (king) is better and better, so please pass me over to the pass that Goryeo-rang-gun is leaving and let me go with him.

The song "Arirang" is our old folk song, the national song of the people, sung by the people of Goguryeo, who were captured by the Tang army and the Silla and Tang dynasty soldiers, when "Goryeorang = King of Goguryeo" led the Tang army and left Goguryeo, a country full of sorrow, while looking at the backs of the royal family leaving and wailing, asking not to be abandoned and taken to Tang dynasty.

 

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