Meaning of Kao-li | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“In A.D. 436 we find⟳ from the Kang Kien that Fêng Hung (馮弘) the last⟳ “Emperor” of Yen⁶² had to take⟳ refuge in the Tungusic (東胡) kingdom of Kao-li,—the very first mention⟳ of the new name⟳,⁶³—which had been developing quietly at its capital P’ing-jang.[…] “The Emperor visited east-central China (江與京洛), and enlisted 400,000 soldiers and 500 Wu ships to cross the seas and go to P’ing-jang, (the Kao-li capital).””

“In ancient times there existed in the region of the Tung-chia River 佟佳江 in present⟳ Liaoning a people called Kao-chü-li 高句驪. In the fifth century they moved their capital to P’ing-jang. The name⟳ of the country was simplified to Kao-li 高麗 (Korea).”

“Among investigations of ancient sites made by Japanese scholars in the Korean Peninsula during the past forty yeas, there are some which have⟳ attracted the attention of scholars of the world. One of these was the excavation of the Lo-lang sites of the Han dynasty centering about Heijōᵃ (P'ing-jang); the other was the discovery of the Kao-kou-li tombs with wall paintings in the neighborhood of Heijō and in the vicinity of T'ung-kou, Chi-an shêng,ᵇ Manchuria, in the north.”

“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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