The Dongguk Tonggam is a chronicle of early Korean history, compiled under the reign of Seongjong of Joseon, in the 15th century. The earlier works on which it may have been based have not survived. The Dongguk Tonggam is the earliest extant record to list the names of the rulers of Gojoseon after Dangun. With the rise of the Korean independence movements and modern Korean nationalism, the work assumed great symbolic importance. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Go-Joseon, or Old Korea (2333 - 206 BC), was the first Korean kingdom. ... Dangun is the mythical founder of Korea. ... The nature of the search for Korean independence under the Japanese occupation period (1890-1945) has a particularly complicated and diverse history, this article looks at these movements, as well as exploring the overlap between independence and nationalist movements. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Finally, he returned to Asadal and became a mountain god at the age of 1,908.
It is often said that Dangun ascended to the throne in 2333 BC, based on the description of the DonggukTonggam (1485), but the date differs among historical sources; nevertheless, all of them put it during Yao's reign (traditional dates: 2357 BC-2256 BC).
The Samguk Yusa say Dangun ascended to the throne in the 50th year of Yao's reign, while Sejong Sillok says the first year and DonggukTonggam says the 25th year.
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