Posted on 08/29/2009 10:37:53 AM PDT by joey703
Previously, I alluded to the Balhae(발해,渤海) topic or the North-South States Period:
"By the way, on a tangent here, for those Koreans, who believe in this newly created North-South States Period Theory or 남북시대 (신라+발해 = Korea), let me tell you -- it's pure rubbish, which I would like to address in detail one day(The main question behind that issue comes down to who were the Mohe (말갈, 靺鞨) people (A Schizophrenic Han : Breaking Down Borders: Korea)."
Well, I'm not sure if it's "pure rubbish" anymore. A lot of information that is available on this topic is the subject of debate between many nationalist historians (you'd be hard pressed to find a better oxymoron), so much of what is available on the topic is unreliable at best. But, first, let me try to go over what is generally accepted. By the way, the Mohe (말갈, 靺鞨) people were ancient Manchurians.
it’s an excerpt
In other words, Manchuria, or what is now Northeast China, was once Korean, from the top on down? Wouldn’t surprise me...
Would you say that, fine, if Goguryeo and Baekje were Buyeo speaking people whose legacies and traditions got absorbed into a non-Buyeo (I think Mahan) Silla, then wouldn't Goguryeo and Baekje be the great ancestors of the Japanese?
It's a really touchy topic I'd say.
By the way, can you translate what it says in the history of Japan chronicles. I'm guessing that's in classical Chinese?
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