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A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, together with an annotated translation of The Paekche Annals of the Samguk sagi / Jonathan W. Best.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Best, Jonathan W., author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 256.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 256
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kim, Pu-sik, 1075-1151. Samguk sagi.
- Kim, Pu-sik.
- History.
- Paekche (Kingdom)--History.
- Paekche (Kingdom).
- Korea--History--To 935.
- Korea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Distribution:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2006.
- Other Title:
- Paekche pongi.
- Samguk sagi.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 2006.
- Summary:
- This volume presents two histories of the early Korean kingdom of Paekche (trad. 18 BCE-660 CE). The first, written by Jonathan Best, is based largely on primary sources, both written and archaeological. This initial history of Paekche serves, in part, to introduce the second, an extensively annotated translation of the oldest history of the kingdom, the Paekche Annals (Paekche pon'gi). Written in the chronicle format standard for the traditional official histories of East Asia, the Paekche Annals constitutes one section of the Histories of the Three Kingdoms (Samguk sagi), a comprehensive account of early Korean history compiled under the editorial direction of Kim Pusik (1075-1151). Although these two representations of Paekche history differ markedly, the underlying problem faced by both the twelfth-century and the twenty-first-century historian is essentially the same: fashioning a responsible, encompassing, and reasonably coherent history of the kingdom from meager, and often disparate and fragmentary, evidence.Included in the volume are 22 appendixes on problems in Paekche history; a concordance of proper names, official titles, omens, and weights and measures; a glossary of geographical names; and six historical maps of the kingdom showing its changing boundaries.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- The Samguk sagi and Its Representation of Early Paekche History
- The Hansŏng Era: Paekche from 350 to 475
- From Recovery at Ungjin to Disaster at Kuch'ŏn: Paekche from 475 to 554
- Royal Power during the Kingdom's Final Century: Paekche from 554 to 660
- The Annals of the Dynastic Founder, King Onjo, and the Kings Taru, Kiru, Kaeru, and Ch'ogo
- The Annals of the Kings Kusu, Saban, Koi, Ch'aekkye, Punsŏ, Piryu, Kye, Kŭnch'ogo, Kŭn'gusu, and Ch'imnyu
- The Annals of the Kings Chinsa, Asin, Chŏnji, Kuisin, Piyu, and Kaero
- The Annals of the Kings Munju, Samgŭn, Tongsŏng, Muryŏng, and Sŏng
- The Annals of the Kings Widŏk, Hye, Pŏp, and Mu
- The Annals of King Ŭija
- Calculating the Approximate Ages of Paekche's Earliest Kings Appearing in the Paekche Annals
- The P'ae and Tae Rivers
- Ch'ogo-Kŭnch'ogo and Kusu-Kŭn'gusu
- King Piryu
- King Modo of Paekche
- Designations for King Muryŏng
- Problematic Dating of the Reigns of Tongsŏng and Muryŏng
- Toksan Fortress and Ongmun Valley
- The Dating and Circumstances of the Battlefield Death of King Sŏng
- The Date of King Widŏk's Accession
- The Tung-ch'ing Region
- Poksin
- Prince P'ung
- Paekche Armor Presentations to the T'ang Court
- Prince Kyogi and Senior Counselor Chijŏk
- Paekche's Capture of Taeya Fortress and Its Repercussions
- The Dating of the Paekche-Koguryŏ Attack on Tanghang Fortress
- The Defeat of Paekche General Ŭijik's Army in 648
- The Defeat of Paekche General Ŭnsang's Army in 649
- The Paekche Annals' Silence on Paekche's Relations with the Japanese Archipelago between 428 and 653
- The Manghae Pavilion and the Date of Its Construction
- The Omen of the Temple-circumambulating Horse
- The Paekche Annals' Claim of the Po-hai and Malgal Domination of Portions of Paekche's Former Domain at the End of the Seventh Century
- Key to Citations in the Concordance and the Geographical Glossary
- Concordance
- Geographical Glossary: Place Names in the Paekche Annals
- Historical Maps
- Bibliographies
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68417-423-6
- OCLC:
- 608375632
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684174232 DOI
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