Historyteller Jang

   Story 80. The Rise of Temujin Genghis Khan , the Mongols, and the Fall of the Jurchen Jin    In 1206 AD, when the Jin Dynasty was showing signs of decline, the legendary hero Temujin (1162–1227) united the Mongol tribes across the vast steppes of the northwest and was crowned "Genghis Khan" at a kurultai (council of tribal chiefs). Genghis Khan's cavalry was lightning-fast and fierce, a feat unparalleled in human history. Before being unified by Genghis Khan, the Mongols were subjected to brutal oppression by the Jin Dynasty.    During the reign of Emperor Xizong ( 熙宗 1119–1150) of the Jin Dynasty, Genghis Khan's ancestor, Lin Bahai( 俺巴孩 ), was executed for treason by having his limbs impaled on a wooden donkey ( 木驢 ). During the reign of King Sejong, not only did they demand tribute from the Mongols, but they also committed the atrocity of sending troops every three years to massacre Mongol warriors. This barbaric act was called " Gamjeong ( 減丁 ),...

  Story 79. The Three Kingdoms of Northeast Asia   Episode 2. Wars between the Khitan (Liao), Song, and Jin Empires   The Song Dynasty was intent on recapturing the 16 prefectures ( 州 ) of Yanyun ( 䔳雲 ), which had been lost to the Liao Dynasty. The 16 prefectures( 州 )  of Yanyun correspond to present-day Beijing, Tianjin, northern Hebei Province, and northern Shanxi Province. Since ancient times, the Han Chinese of the Central Plains believed that the loss of the 16 prefectures of Yanyun would bring disaster to the Central Plains, and so they considered them the most important strategic point in the northeast.   In the fourth year of Tianbao (1120), after numerous negotiations, the two countries concluded a "maritime alliance( 海上之盟 )." Because Song envoys were blocked by the Liao overland route, and had to cross the Bohai Bay from present-day Shandong Province to enter the Jin court, the term "alliance at sea" emerged. Google, TV Tropes. Song ,Liao,J...

  Story 78. The Early Story of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, the Great Jin before the Qing Dynasty   Dr. Kwon, author of "Goguryeo-Balhae: Genghis Khan," focused his research on the relationship between Goguryeo-Balhae and Mongolia. Therefore, he focused his research on the descendants of Bo Hwal-ri, the youngest of the three sons of Geumhaeng ( 金幸 ), also known as the Golden Jar. He summarized shortly the key points only regarding his second son, Hambo ( 函普 ), the ancestor of the Jin and Qing dynasties, and his descendants. Thus, in Story 78 and the following, I will cite other historians' works to illustrate the story of the Jin Dynasty's founding. I will then present Dr. Kwon's intricate linguistic research, proving that the three sons of Jin Haeng, Ago-rae, Hambo, and Bo-hwa-ri, who appear under different names in different historical texts, and Chu-rukme-gen, Kubai-shi-re, and Tu-s-buda, who are recorded under different names, are the same three individuals ...

  Story 77. Who are the Manchus?   The Roots of the Royal Families of the Jin and Qing Dynasties   According to the <Samjobukmaenghoepyeon( 三朝北盟會編 )> and the <Jinsa, Jin Dynasty History, 金史 >, could the Balhae people of the northern region, who were of the same clan as the Josinin( 女眞人 ) the descendants of Jumong( 朱蒙 ) of Goguryeo, have left the Liao Dynasty and joined the Jin Dynasty, founded by the descendants of “Kim”- Hambo( 함보函普 ), the "royal family of Silla" from the southern kingdom that had destroyed Goguryeo, the ancestral kingdom of Balhae?   First, let's introduce the perspective on the Jurchen ( 女眞 ), the founders of the Jin ( 金 ) and Later Jin ( 後金 ), later known as the Qing Empire, as written in the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture( 韓國民族文化大百科辭典 ).   『 The Jurchen ( 女眞 ) are a Tungusic people who lived in Manchuria. The Jurchen were known by various names, including Suksin ( 肅愼 ), Yilou ( 挹婁 ), Mulgil ( 勿吉 ), Malgal ( 靺鞨 ), and Man...