Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . C. — 220 A. D.) of China. About the beginning of the 3rdcenturj a new ])rovince was formed in that part of the countryunder the name of Taifang {,nJj!p[i). Picture S .shows the graveof one of the governors of this province. It is about 40 milesto the south of Pycngyang (^J^) and close to the Seoul-ShinwijuRailway (^^|r^0 track. It measures 10,()()() square feet at thebase and has a height of 18 feet. It contains one inner chamber,two side chambers, and a gallerj^ Inscriptions on the bricksshow that it is the tomb of a certain Chang (^MSii). governorof the provi
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . C. — 220 A. D.) of China. About the beginning of the 3rdcenturj a new ])rovince was formed in that part of the countryunder the name of Taifang {,nJj!p[i). Picture S .shows the graveof one of the governors of this province. It is about 40 milesto the south of Pycngyang (^J^) and close to the Seoul-ShinwijuRailway (^^|r^0 track. It measures 10,()()() square feet at thebase and has a height of 18 feet. It contains one inner chamber,two side chambers, and a gallerj^ Inscriptions on the bricksshow that it is the tomb of a certain Chang (^MSii). governorof the province, and built in 288 A. D. Chinese jDrovinceswere gradually absorbed bj the neighbouring tribes and by themiddle of the 4th century had entirely disapjjeared from history. Period of Three Kingdoms:—(1) Kokuryu dSlrjfjg). Side byside with the Chinese settlers, who were jjy far the most civilizedpeople in the Peninsula, there were six native tribes inhabitingChosen {^M), which term then included part of Manchuria, of. 8 Sc g. Grave of a governor of Taifantj Province CfrJiRK), ancient Chinesecolony, and bricks found in it. which the ]n-incii);il were the Puyu (-IJc^-ft). the Kuri (,njSt), andthe Han (||;). The Haii {^) was further divided into threebranches, the Mahan (^^if.), the Chinhan ({[<?-¥-)• ^icl the Pyunhan(^¥f)- Lastly there were Japanese settlers, wlio go by the nameof Wo (\^) in Chinese history, in the southernmost ]jart of thePeninsula. Of the native tribes, the Kuri (p)fp) organized themselvesinto the Kingdom of Kokuryu (j^tr)l|S). followed by the IMahan(,l?^|#) organizing themselves into the Kingdom of Pakjeh (^^),and the Chinhan (M:!^) into the Kingdom of Silla (0flS). whilethe Pyunhan (^|$) remained protected by Jajjan under the nameof Mimana ({iffl.) or Kara (JnM). Then followed the Period ofthe Three Kingdoms, during which took place the first greatinvasion of the Peninsula by Japan under Empress Jingu whopersonally conducted the expeditioniir
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