Meaning of Ch'ao-hsien | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“The period of the Lo-lang Province and the Three Hans, which followed the Ancient Ch’ao-hsien Kingdoms, goes back some 2,000 years. To be exact, it was in 108 B.C. that Wu-ti, the famous Emperor of Han, defeated Wei You-ch’ü, a grandson of Wei Man, captured the Korean Peninsula and governed it by dividing it into four provinces.”

“According to an ancient legend, immediately after the fall of the Shang-Yin Dynasty in 1122 b.c., one of its members, Prince Ch’i Tz’ǔ, fled to the east and afterwards founded there the new state of Ch’ao-hsien (Choson—Korea).”

“In 109–108 b.c. two expeditions were sent against Ch’ao-hsien (in the present Korea), and four commanderies were founded there in 108; at the same time Han forces had been penetrating more deeply into the southwest, where I-chou commandery was established in 109.”

“⁹⁵For Ch’ao-hsien, "Cheng-yi" says, "K’uo-ti chih 括地志 says, 'Kao-li's 高麗 P’ing-jang 平壤 City, originally the governing site/city of Chien 儉, the Prince of Yüeh-lang 樂浪 Prefecture of the Han. It was ancient Ch’ao-hsien.'"”

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