The Agency for Editing of Korean History (Kyūjitai: 朝鮮史編修會; Shinjitai: 朝鮮史編修会; Rōmaji: Chōsenshi Henshūkai) was established in June 1925 by the Japanese government of Royal edict in order to legitimate Japan's 1910 annexation of Korea. Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization 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. ... Look up KyÅ«jitai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary KyÅ«jitai (旧字体, きゅうじたい) is the traditional form of the Japanese kanji used before 1947. ... Shinjitai (in Shinjitai: ; in KyÅ«jitai: æ–°å­—é«”; meaning new character form), are the forms of Kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Tōyō Kanji List in 1946. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category Rōmaji (ローマ字 Roman characters, sometimes misunderstood as romanji in English), is a Japanese term for the Latin alphabet. ... Flag of the Japanese Resident General of Korea Anthem Kimi ga Yoa Korea under Japanese Occupation Capital Keijo Language(s) Korean, Japanese Religion Shintoisma Government Constitutional monarchy Emperor of Japan  - 1910 - 1912 Emperor Meiji  - 1912 - 1925 Emperor Taisho  - 1925 - 1945 Emperor Showa Governor-General of Korea  - 1910 - 1916 Masatake Terauchi... Korea (Korean: 한국 or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...

朝鮮史 means "history of Korea"; 編修 means "to edit and correct" or "to compile"; 會 means "committee" or "agency".

The main objectives of this agency were to reduce the territory of ancient Korean states into the Korean Peninsula and to describe Gojoseon's history as myth.^[1][2] A total of 975,534 Korean Won (not adjusted for inflation) was spent over 27 years, and a considerable amount of books was published for these purposes. The books can be categorized into Joseon History (25 volumes), History Collection (102 volumes), and Reprint of Historical Records (1623 volumes). However, no copies of the Reprint of Historical Records are known to exist today. The Korean Peninsula a. ... Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ... This page provides the etymology and history of the currency prior to 1945. ...

Outline of the Works

Burning the old books about Korean history

Even though this Reogarnization Agent was officially established at 1925, the work for reduction of Korean history had been implemented before the establishment. The Agent confiscated the Korean history books from 1910 to 1937. The aim of confiscating the history books is to distort and annihilate the ancient history of Korean such as Gojoseon, Buyeo, Goguryeo and Baekje. Based on the Outline of the Agent's Works (조선사편수회사업 개요, 朝鮮史編修會事業槪要), the number of history books that were gathered and burned from 1923 to 1937 was 4,950. The subject of seizured books is the ancient history books related to Dangun and geography of Joseon. This seizured subject even included the history of indpedence of USA. They only leave Samguk Sagi without burning because this books is only describing after the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and most of its contents are identical with those of Chinese history books. Burning the Korean history books is advanced work to reduce the Korean history into the Korean peninsula, and make the history of Gojoseon into legend. Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ... Buyeo can mean: An ancient kingdom in Manchuria, also called Puyŏ or Fuyu. ... Goguryeo was an ancient kingdom located in the northern Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria. ... Baekje (or Paekche) and later Nambuyeo (18 BCE – 660 CE) was a kingdom in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. ... Dangun is the mythical founder of Korea. ... We dont have an article called Samguk sagi Start this article Search for Samguk sagi in. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE (specifically 57 BC) until Sillas triumph over...

Making Gojoseon's History as Myth

After they seizured the Korean history books, they made a regulation to re-write the Korean history, and as follows.

1. Korean peninsula history should be written as chronicles
2. The whole volumes include
   1. Samhan
   2. Three Kingdoms of Korea
   3. Silla
   4. Goryeo
   5. Joseon and
   6. Modern Chōsen (Joseon)
3. The origin of Korean history, national developing procedure and historical legend are totally ignored.
4. The re-organized Korean history books must be written in the Japanese script.

The first regulation for Korean history compilation did not contain the history of Gojoseon (legendary: 2333 BCE–293 BCE) and succeeding several states after Gojoseon's destruction to validate their colonization because Japanese history does not exist before 100 CE. In an inquiry commission, Jeong Manho (정만호), Yi Neunghwa (이능화) and Eo Yunjeok (어윤적) suggested the history of Gojoseon should be included and Korean script should be used as well. But, only Japanese committee influenced the regulation. During the Samhan period, the three confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan dominated the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE (specifically 57 BC) until Sillas triumph over... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... Taegeuk is a traditional symbol of Korea Capital Gaegyeong Language(s) Korean Religion Buddhism Government Monarchy Wang  - 918 - 946 Taejo  - 949 - 975 Gwangjong  - 1259 - 1274 Wonjong  - 1351 - 1374 Gongmin Historical era 918 - 1392  - Later Three Kingdoms rise 892  - Coronation of Taejo June 15, 918  - Korea-Khitan Wars 993 - 1019  - Mongolian... Joseon or Chosun (Korean: ì¡°ì„ ; Hanja: 朝鮮; Revised: Joseon; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn; Chinese: CháoxiÇŽn; Japanese: Chōsen) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: As part of the name of several ancient kingdoms (including Gojoseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon); During most of the Joseon...   Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji This article describes the modern Japanese writing system and its history. ... Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ... Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ... For other uses, see Hangul (disambiguation). ...

After the regulation is fixed, the second regulation was modified to reduce the history of ancient Korean, and as follows:
2. The volumes include

1. The era before unified Silla
2. Unified Silla
3. Goryeo
4. foregoing Joseon
5. middle Joseon
6. latter Joseon

The second regulation further cut down the history before the unified Silla (the unified Silla starts from about 700AD). The three volumes (i, ii and iii) in the first regulation were aggregated into the one volume in the second regulation (The era before unified Silla). And then the agent described the history of Gojoseon as myth. Unified Silla is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla after 668. ... Unified Silla is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla after 668. ... Taegeuk is a traditional symbol of Korea Capital Gaegyeong Language(s) Korean Religion Buddhism Government Monarchy Wang  - 918 - 946 Taejo  - 949 - 975 Gwangjong  - 1259 - 1274 Wonjong  - 1351 - 1374 Gongmin Historical era 918 - 1392  - Later Three Kingdoms rise 892  - Coronation of Taejo June 15, 918  - Korea-Khitan Wars 993 - 1019  - Mongolian... Joseon or Chosun (Korean: ì¡°ì„ ; Hanja: 朝鮮; Revised: Joseon; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn; Chinese: CháoxiÇŽn; Japanese: Chōsen) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: As part of the name of several ancient kingdoms (including Gojoseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon); During most of the Joseon... Joseon or Chosun (Korean: ì¡°ì„ ; Hanja: 朝鮮; Revised: Joseon; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn; Chinese: CháoxiÇŽn; Japanese: Chōsen) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: As part of the name of several ancient kingdoms (including Gojoseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon); During most of the Joseon... Joseon or Chosun (Korean: ì¡°ì„ ; Hanja: 朝鮮; Revised: Joseon; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn; Chinese: CháoxiÇŽn; Japanese: Chōsen) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: As part of the name of several ancient kingdoms (including Gojoseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon); During most of the Joseon... Unified Silla is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla after 668. ...

Fabrication of Samguk Yusa

To hide the history before the three kingdoms of Korea, the Agent fabricated the original history book such as Samguk Yusa. The Samguk Yusa says that there was a state called Hwanguk in very ancient time'(昔有桓囯). However, the Agent fabricated the Samguk Yusa such that there was a person called Hwanin(昔有桓因) to make the ancient Korean history as myth (See Figures).^[3] The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 1st century BCE (specifically 57 BC) until Sillas triumph over... Samguk Yusa, or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, is a collection of legends, folktales, and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during, and after the Three Kingdoms period. ... The mythical nation of Hwan-guk(환국, 桓國) is the first state of Korea described in Hwandan-gogi, governed by Hwanin. ... Hwanin in medieval Korean mythology is Indra, the ruler of heaven and earth in Buddhism. ...

The left is the original Samguk Yusa in Gyujanggak Seoul National University, and the right is the fabricated Samguk Yusa by the Agent. The Chinese script 囯(state) is fabricated into 因(cause) to make Hwanguk as myth

Thus, the three states history of Hwanguk by Hwanin, Shinshi by Hwanung and Gojoseon by Dangun is reduced as the mythical state of Gojoseon by Dangun, who was the son of Hwanung and the grandson of Hwanin. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1190x508, 344 KB) http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1190x508, 344 KB) http://www. ... The Kyujanggak was the royal library of the Joseon Dynasty, and functions today as a key repository of Korean historical records. ... Seoul National University (SNU) is South Koreas national university, whose main campus is located in Seoul, South Korea. ... The mythical nation of Hwan-guk(환국, 桓國) is the first state of Korea described in Hwandan-gogi, governed by Hwanin. ... The mythical nation of Hwan-guk(환국, 桓國) is the first state of Korea described in Hwandan-gogi, governed by Hwanin. ... Hwanin in medieval Korean mythology is Indra, the ruler of heaven and earth in Buddhism. ... According to the history books such as Samguk Yusa, Gyuwon Sahwa, Shindan Minsa and Hwandan-gogi, Shinshi was a semi-legendary Korean ancient nation(or protected city) in which Hwanung or Dangun ruled. ... Hwanung (환웅; 桓雄) is an important figure in the mythological origins of Korea. ... Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom. ... Dangun is the mythical founder of Korea. ... Hwanung (환웅; 桓雄) is an important figure in the mythological origins of Korea. ... Hwanin in medieval Korean mythology is Indra, the ruler of heaven and earth in Buddhism. ...

Distorting the ancient Korean history

Finally, the Agent distorted the ancient Korean history to validate Japanese colonization of Joseon. The ancient Korean history was distorted by the Agent and as follows; i) Korean history was only part of Korean peninsula history (Korean history had never rule over Manchuria), ii) North Korean peninsula was the colony of China by Chinese Commanderies, iii) South Korean peninsula was the colony of Japan by Mimana Nihonfu (任那日本府). In order to demonstrate their theories, they moved the a stone monument (棕蟬縣神祠碑), which was originally located at Liaodong, into Pyongyang,^[4] and then distorted the location of Chinese commanderies such that they existed in Pyongyang. In addition, the Agent fabricated the Gwanggaeto Stele to validate the ancient colonization of South Korean peninsula by Japan. For more detail of fabrication of the stele, see Gwanggaeto Stele#Debate over an ancient message. Joseon or Chosun (Korean: ì¡°ì„ ; Hanja: 朝鮮; Revised: Joseon; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn; Chinese: CháoxiÇŽn; Japanese: Chōsen) is a name for Korea, as used in the following cases: As part of the name of several ancient kingdoms (including Gojoseon, Gija Joseon, and Wiman Joseon); During most of the Joseon... Gaya was a confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy and later annexed by Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... The Liaodong Peninsula (sim. ... The stele of King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo was erected in 414 by King Jangsu as a memorial to his deceased father. ... The stele of King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo was erected in 414 by King Jangsu as a memorial to his deceased father. ...

Organization

The Chairman

Advisors

• Kwon Junghyeon (권중현)
• Bak Yeonghyo (박영효, 朴泳孝)
• Lee Wan-Yong
• Torajirō Naitō (內藤虎次郞)
• Koroita Hatori (服部宇之吉)

Lee Wan-Yong is a Korean politician, who had an instrumental role in putting Korea under the de facto Japanese occupation in 1910. ...

Committe memeber

• Oe Yunjeok (어윤적, 魚允迪)
• Yi Neunghwa (이능화, 李能和)
• Shōgo Oda (小田省吾)
• Ryū Imanishi (今西龍)

Commission member

• Choi Namseon (최남선, 崔南善)

Manager

• Inabe and the others 3 people.

Investigator

• Sin Seokho (신석호, 申奭鎬)
• Yi Byeongdo
• Hong Hee (홍희, 洪熹)
• Inanba
• Fujita (藤田亮策)

Yi Byeondo (이병도,李丙燾: 1896 - 1989) is the most representative a Japanophile historian after independence of Korea, and his effect on Korean history is so considerable enough to shape the historical view of Yi Byeondo. ...

Notes

1. ^ 김, 삼웅 (2004). 한국사를 뒤흔드는 위서 (The Forged History Books to Shock the Korean History). 서울: 인물과사상. ISBN 89-88410-91-2. 
2. ^ 김성민, 조선사편수회의 조직과 운용(Management and Organization of Joseonsa Pyeonsuhoe ), 국민대 석사논문(MS Thesis, Kukmin Unversity), 1987
3. ^ Daum Encyclopedia or Korea Britanica Encyclopedia. Retreived from [1]
4. ^ 리, 순진 (2001). 평양일대 락랑무덤에 대한 연구(A Research about the Tombs of Nangnang around Pyongyang). 서울: 중심. ISBN 89-89524-05-9. 

Kookmin University (hangul:국민대학교, hanja:國民大學敎) is a university located in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. ...

References

• Korea Britannica article
• Doosan Encyclopedia (Encyber) article
• Dongsuh Encyclopedia (Pascal) article
• Donga Weekly article by Lee Geuncheol
• KBS History Special, episode 64