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Is History TRUE or FICTION?

No one can answer yes to the question of whether history records the truth. This is because history records only selected facts that suit the tastes of those in power. However, we should not say yes to whether history is false, but in some cases, we can leave the possibility open. History changes depending on the person who observes and records the phenomenon, so their records may be true, but they cannot be said to be true. Not only history but also news in real life can have different perspectives depending on whose perspective is being reported. Historians say they evaluate correct history based on objectivity, but considering the confusion inherent in the vague standard of objectivity, historical facts can change over time.
Later generations mostly remember history to commemorate the great achievements of their ancestors. In the process, the achievements of their ancestors can be modified for the better, and the bad aspects can be hidden. However, from the perspective of the present, even the bad achievements of their ancestors can be a lesson to their descendants. It is important to know which era a history book is from, but it is more important to know when it was written. This is because it reflects the ideas of the era in which it was written. All of the East Asian history books that remain as records today are those that were re-edited after the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was a very prosperous country that traded a lot with Westerners. Also, since the goods traded were often not genuine, they preferred products from the Goryeo Dynasty, and there were no sanctions against counterfeit goods and it was a common custom. The current People's Republic of China also has the same awareness of counterfeit goods. This awareness cannot help but affect history. In order for contemporary history books to be factual rather than history books that have been modified for the better, objective records are needed.

Examples of Fabricated History created for Political Purposes: History of the Republic of China or the People's Republic of China created by Han Chinese, including Sun Yat-sen

The following content explains the history created when the Qing Dynasty fell and the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China began. In fact, the People's Republic of China, despite being a multi-ethnic country, created a national view centered on the Han Chinese, which caused problems in the integration of the people. No country can be found that distinguishes between ethnic groups, and it is a kind of policy of ethnic differentiation. Of course, the history of the East Asian continental countries where countries of different ethnic groups existed throughout history is different from the history of the People's Republic of China. In other words, the multi-ethnic view of history that the People's Republic of China can recognize and share in common dates back to the Qing Dynasty. If the Republic of China or the People's Republic of China claims a history centered on the Han people, it starts in 1949 when the Republic of China or the People's Republic of China began.
'In the early 20th century, Sun Yat-sen, who caused the Xinhai Revolution and destroyed the Qing Dynasty, and other contemporary revolutionaries and intellectuals came up with one plan after much thought. They cut and pasted history to create a new history. They fabricated that the Chinese mainland was invaded by various ethnic groups, but was eventually assimilated into the superiority of Han Chinese culture. The very concept of the Han people was also newly created. The history of the Han people is short. It was a concept created only about 100 years ago. Zhang Binlin, a scholar and revolutionary, found the answer in the 2nd century BC historical book, Records of the Grand Historian, written by Sima Qian. For your information, "Records of the Grand Historian" by Sima Qian (司馬遷) is a historical book, but it is closer to a novel written from subjective opinions. The descendants of the Yellow Emperor (黃帝) Xianyuan (軒轅), a figure in ancient Chinese legends, were fabricated to be Han Chinese. It was a shabby standard, but it didn’t matter. All that was needed was to distinguish the Han people of China from the Manchus. Zhang Binlin and his fellow revolutionaries argued that “the Han people of China are the most important, and there is no place for the Manchus.” China currently views the world through the history fabricated by nationalist intellectuals 100 years ago. The view is that China, the “Han nation” that ruled the world for 5,000 years, suffered from invasions by foreign powers such as the Opium Wars, and that now China must be reborn as a great nation.

The Number of Fake Han Chinese

In the history of the People's Republic of China, after the Second Kuomintang-Communist Cooperation(Second United Front, December 7, 1949), the Kuomintang (KMT) suffered widespread defeats against the Communist Party due to the chronic corruption of local warlords and ineffective tactics that were not unified, and the Communist Party soon took control of all of mainland China. The Republic of China led by the Kuomintang (KMT) eventually abandoned the mainland through the Nationalist Rebellion and fled to Taiwan, Fujian Province, and Jinmen Island. Mao Zedong (毛澤東) planned a new China with communism as its ideology, breaking away from the previous China that had been defeated by Western powers.
At that time (1949), the population of the People's Republic of China was similar between the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Chinese. More than 80% of the population were people without any genealogy. The Communist Party has incorporated 80% of the population that does not belong to any "ethnic group" into the Han Chinese, so the Han Chinese are now the largest population.
Based on the fact that the Manchus mentioned above account for 8.5% of the total population of the People's Republic of China, the actual proportion of the Han Chinese can be estimated to be 8-9%. The concept of the Han Chinese is not a concept of blood relations but a concept of cultural sharing, so 80% of the 92% of the Han Chinese living in the People's Republic of China have only been Han Chinese for 50 years as of 2000.
In reality, the total population of the People's Republic of China is 8.5% Han Chinese ethnic group, 8.5% Mongolian ethnic group, and 8.5% Manchu ethnic group. The remaining 53 ethnic groups account for 74.5%. 53 ethnic groups each account for about 1.4%.
And according to the 2024 population statistics, the Han Chinese of the People's Republic of China will account for 91% of the total population of the People's Republic of China. If the statistics of the Han Chinese of the People's Republic of China of 91% are taken as 100%, 93% of the Han Chinese of the People's Republic of China will be the Han Chinese of the People's Republic of China created in 1949.
The important thing is the nationalist policy of the People's Republic of China that promotes patriotism by creating a Han Chinese ethnic group, and this policy is very inappropriate in foreign countries and is actually causing damage and harm to people around the world.

Making False History about Territory, Culture and People

TERRITORY

Great Wall: Until the Great Wall was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, the eastern end of the Great Wall was introduced as Shanhaiguan (山海關) and the western end as Jiayuguan (嘉峪關). However, in the 1990s, China built a new Great Wall further east from Shanhaiguan. Based on this, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China announced the length of the Great Wall as 6,000 km in the mid-2000s, 8,851 km in 2009, and then increased it to 21,196.18 km in 2012.
Liaodong was originally Joseon territory (Mao Zedong 毛澤東 and Zhou Enlai 周恩來): Since the 2000s, China has promoted the ‘Northeast Project’ to a national research project, claiming that ‘Goguryeo was a local government in ancient China (China) and its people were mainly Han Chinese immigrants’ or ‘Goguryeo originated from one of the ancient ethnic minorities in the northeastern region of China’, and has been trying to incorporate Goguryeo and Balhae into ancient Chinese history. In 2000, Hu Jintao, then Vice President of China, ratified and approved the ‘Northeast Project’ research plan of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and in February 2002, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang jointly launched the ‘Northeast Border History and Current Status Research Project’ (Northeast Project) with a budget of 15 million yuan (2.25 billion won).
The truth mentioned by Mao Zedong (毛澤東): It was confirmed on the 27th by primary Chinese historical materials that in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when North Korea and China were negotiating borders, Chairman Mao Zedong of the Communist Party and Premier Zhou Enlai, the top leaders of China, made statements to the effect that “the Liaodong region was originally Joseon territory, but the ancient dynasty drove the Joseon people to the banks of the Yalu River.” This is a statement that shakes the foundation of the Northeast Project, a national research project of China that has claimed that “Goguryeo was a local government established by a Chinese minority.” It was confirmed by primary Chinese historical materials that Chairman Mao Zedong said that the Liaodong region was originally the territory of Joseon ancestors such as Goguryeo and Balhae, but was taken away by invasions by Chinese feudal dynasties such as the Tang Dynasty. Reference: Volume 11 of <Records of Conversations with Foreign Guests at Meetings with Mao Zedong>, published by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1964. Volume 4 of <Records of Foreign Guests Meeting Mao Zedong> published by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 1958. Reference: “Mao Zedong’s Statement ‘Liaodong Was Originally Joseon Territory’ Confirmed.” Hankyoreh, www.hani.co.kr/arti/international/international_general/626249.html
The truth mentioned by Zhou Enlai (周恩來): Premier Zhou Enlai met with a delegation from the North Korean Academy of Sciences who visited Beijing on June 28, 1963 and said, “History cannot be distorted. The area west of the Tumen River and the Yalu River has been Chinese territory since history, and it is absurd to say that Joseon has been a vassal state of China since ancient times.” Reference: <Notice on Foreign Affairs> published by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 28, 1963.

CULTURE AND PEOPLE

Among the ethnic minorities of the People’s Republic of China, there is a people called the Joseonjok(Joseon ethnic group). TheJoseonjok(Joseon ethnic group) were an uninhabited area in Manchuria during the Joseon Dynasty, so many Joseon people migrated there in the 19th century. At that time, there was no information about the territorial demarcation line of the country, so Joseon people thought that Manchuria was Joseon territory. As long as Korea, Mongolia, and Japan exist today, calling the culture of Korea, Mongolia, and Japan their own culture is the same as calling pizza or hamburgers the traditional food of the People's Republic of China.
They say that Korea's hanbok, kimchi, and samgyetang are the traditional clothing and traditional food of the People's Republic of China.
In Korean history, Yun Dong-ju, a person from the Joseon Dynasty, is called the Joseonjok(Joseon ethnic group) of the People's Republic of China.

The history of East Asian continental countries should be judged by paying attention to the following.

The records of East Asian continental countries used the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋筆法) a lot. In the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋筆法), rather than accurately describing and evaluating events and people, evaluations are replaced by a kind of euphemism derived from the rhetoric itself. Therefore, major events can be recognized as history, but detailed events require multiple verifications, so it is difficult to recognize historical records without verification. Most historical records of countries on the East Asian continent were rewritten after the Ming Dynasty, and in the case of the Korean Peninsula, they were rewritten after the Joseon Dynasty. It is important to find records from that era, not records that have been modified to benefit one's own country, through cross-verification.
In particular, as in the case of Goryeo(ri) Dynasty, Goryeo(ri) products were popular in the Song Dynasty because they were genuine, so it should be recognized that there may be records created for profit rather than fairness recorded from a third-party perspective and a position to maintain a minimum level of morality. Even now, there are many counterfeit (fake) products in the People's Republic of China, and there are no sanctions or regulations on counterfeit products, and there are no laws protecting genuine (real) products. This system makes it easy for harmful counterfeit foods to be created. In other words, if the records were revised using the Spring and Autumn Annals technique, problems would most likely have occurred.
The historical view from the communist perspective of the People's Republic of China is different from the historical view from the ancient kingdoms, the Middle Ages, and modern times. In the history books of the People's Republic of China, there are many cases where heroes become traitors. Confucius's tomb (孔墓) was dug up during the Cultural Revolution. Xiang Yu's Hewang Temple and Yuji Temple were destroyed. The Shaanxi Yuncheng Museum was destroyed because it was originally a temple to Guan Yu. The tomb of Lin Hejing (Lin Bu, 967-1028), a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, was dug up. Su Dongpo's writings were dug up and damaged, and all the books and paintings of famous families stored in the Drunken Old Man's Pavilion were destroyed. The stone statue of Yongle Emperor in the Lingyin Hall of Zhangling, the tomb of Yongle Emperor, was also destroyed. The tomb of Zhang Taiyan (章太炎), Xu Xilin (徐錫麟), Qiu Jin (秋瑾), and Yang Naiwu (楊乃武), who was involved in the incident of Xiao Baicai (小白菜) in the late Qing Dynasty, was dug up. The tomb of Yue Fei(岳飛), a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, was dug up and his remains were burned and turned into ashes. Many other cultural items were destroyed because they did not fit with the ideology of the Communist Party. It is said that the culture of the Qing Dynasty was inherited by the Republic of Chinese, Taiwan, the culture of the Ming Dynasty can be found in Korean culture, the culture of the Song Dynasty can be found in Vietnam, and the culture of the Tang Dynasty can be found in Japan.
In the preface to his 1949 book, The History of Chinese Society, Liao, he divided China's pre-modern dynasties from the Qin and Han to the Qing into two types: "typical Chinese dynasties" and "dynasties of conquest." This book was co-authored with Chinese scholar Ma Jiasheng. "Dynasties of Conquest" was divided into two types based on the method by which the ruling ethnic group entered the Central Plains. One type was the "dynasties of infiltration," represented by the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Wei, and the other was the "dynasties of conquest," represented by the Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Qing. However, the problem is that the People's Republic of China is fabricating 80% of an unknown ethnic group into Han Chinese, making history books into a country centered on the Han Chinese. Both the 'Dynasties of Infiltration' and the 'Dynasties of Conquest' above were not countries founded by the Han Chinese, so there is a contradiction in a country centered on the Han Chinese. The 'Dynasties of Infiltration', the 16 Kingdoms and the Northern Wei, are also found in history books as people who converted from other ethnicities to the Han Chinese. However, the 'Dynasties of Conquest', the Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Qing, are completely foreign ethnicities with their own long history dating back to prehistoric times, so this theory is absolutely incompatible with a country centered on the Han Chinese.
The meaning of the word 'China (中國 the region in the center)': The word 'China (中國)' has been used in East Asia for a long time. However, it is not a country name. The first time the word 'China (中國)' was used as a country name was during the Qing Dynasty. In other words, the Qing Dynasty was China, and before that, there was no country called China in East Asia.
The meaning of the word 'China (中國)' is 'an important region' or 'a region in the center' in East Asia. For example, in Korean history, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla also called their countries 'China (中國)', that is, 'a country existing in the center region'. In addition, Goguryeo(ri) called Silla 'Dongyi (東夷), Baekje called Silla 'Dongyi (東夷),' and Silla called Japan 'Dongyi (東夷). There are records that Japan also sometimes calls itself 'China (中國 Centered region)'. China (中國 Centered region) or Zhongyuan (中原 Centered region), Dongyi (東夷 people in the Eastern region), Xirong (西戎 people in the Western region), Nanman (南蠻 people in the Southern region), and Beidi (北狄 people in the Northern region) are words that refer to other ethnic groups or countries in the East, West, South, and North with oneself as the center. If the People's Republic of China strives to become a Han Chinese-centered country, it would make sense for the current territory of the People's Republic of China to be reduced by 1/3. Or, there is the method proposed by Mao Zedong, dividing each region of the People's Republic of China into 27 countries. The Manchu people, who had a different history since prehistoric times, established the Qing Dynasty and became the current territory of the People's Republic of China. However, since most of the natural resources are in the territories of ethnic minorities, it is not easy for the People's Republic of China to give this up.
The Central Plains or China is a concept used by countries that existed on the East Asian continent, meaning that their country is the center. That is, the Qing Dynasty of the Manchus called itself the Central Plains or China (not the name of the country) from the Qing's perspective, and before the Qing occupied the entire East Asian continent, the Ming Dynasty was called Nanman (南蠻 southern barbarians). The Han Chinese who founded the Ming Dynasty were Nanman (南蠻 southern barbarians). Also, from the Ming's perspective, the Ming Dynasty was the Central Plains or China (not the name of the country), and the Qing Dynasty was called Buji (西戎 northern barbarians) or Dongyi (東夷 eastern barbarians).

The history of the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian continent of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China, Taiwan, are as follows.

Some say that China was part of Korea, and others say that Korea was part of China. If you assume that Gojoseon or Old Joseon fell and all the countries established by its descendants were the ancestors of Korea, and that the Qing Dynasty separated from Goryeo(ri), then China can be said to be part of Korea. If you claim that all the countries in the past on the current Chinese mainland are all Chinese countries, then you can say that Korea is part of China, but this theory may not be true in some cases. However, in reality, there are many cases where they shared a history during the ancient kingdom period, and among the many completely different ethnic countries on the East Asian continent, Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan, the Republic of China, are the countries that have maintained their countries to this day. Judging from the modern and contemporary perspectives, the periods of history according to the Korean historical perspective, the People's Republic of China historical perspective, and the Republic of China historical perspective are as follows. The history of the Korean peninsula began around 668 during the Silla period, sharing the same culture from one country to another and continuing to the Republic of Korea. Based on the year 918, when Balhae refugees moved to Goryeo(ri) after the fall of Balhae, it can be considered as the year. The People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan, have shared the same culture from one country to another since the Qing Dynasty in 1636, and have continued until the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan. Or, if the Republic of China, Taiwan, or the People's Republic of China claims a history centered on the Han people, it is from 1949 when the Republic of China, Taiwan, or the People's Republic of China began.
The East Asian continent of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan, had different countries and different cultures. The history of the current People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan, began to share the same history from around 1636, from the Qing Dynasty to the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan. When countries established by different ethnicities at the same time exist on the East Asian continent, they cannot be considered countries with the same culture. For example, the Korean film Namhansanseong (南漢山城 A fortress located on a mountain south of Seoul, The Fortress (2017 film)), it is a film about the war in which the Qing invaded the Joseon country in 1636, and King Injo of Joseon took refuge in Namhansanseong during the Byeongjahoran in 1636. At that time, the Ming and Qing dynasties existed in East Asia, and these two countries had different histories and ethnicities. When the Qing occupied the East Asian continent, the people living in East Asia began to have the same culture from the Qing dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty established by the Han Chinese is the main history of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan, then the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan, lived during the colonial period of the Qing Dynasty established by the Manchus. In other words, since most of the history of the East Asian continent was a colony of foreign peoples, the history of the Han Chinese is not a continuous history.
In East Asia, there was a dynasty that unified the eastern and central parts of the entire continent, but as several different countries emerged, they were unable to preserve the same culture and the histories of several different countries coexisted. Even during the Joseon Dynasty, when the Wonju Byun clan mainly lived, there was only one dynasty in East Asia. And since one dynasty in East Asia historically risked establishing countries of several different ethnicities, it did not have the luxury of worrying about invading other countries when managing a large country. In conclusion, the one dynasty that existed in East Asia had a peaceful relationship with Joseon. And when only one dynasty existed in East Asia, the existence of a country on the Korean Peninsula was important. This is because it was believed that the dynasty on the East Asian continent would become the center of the world if a country on the Korean Peninsula existed. Also, when the founder of the Hwangju Byun clan, Ryeo, came from the Song Dynasty to Goryeo Dynasty, there were Song and Jin dynasties on the East Asian continent, and later the Yuan Dynasty (Mongolia) occupied the East Asian continent. It is said that Ryeo migrated from the Song Dynasty (Longxi, Gansu Province) to the Goryeo Dynasty to escape the Jin Dynasty. Since the Goryeo Dynasty, just like any other country on the East Asian continent, the country on the Korean Peninsula has maintained a balance of power by taking advantage of other countries on the East Asian continent, and when there was only one country on the East Asian continent, the country on the Korean Peninsula had to conduct diplomacy at a relatively disadvantage compared to when there was another country on the East Asian continent. From the perspective of the country on the Korean Peninsula, when there were multiple countries on the East Asian continent, it was able to conduct more advantageous diplomacy.
In 2024, the possibility of division among other ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China was the same, but it has stabilized a lot due to the People's Republic of China's oppressive and inhumane policies.
Among the countries of the East Asian continent, the countries that invaded the historical countries of Korea are Han, Sui, Tang, Liao, Yuan, and Qing. Except for Han, these are not countries of the Han Chinese, and there is no case of a country of the Han Chinese fighting against a country of the historical Korea. However, the Han, Song, and Ming dynasties of the historical countries of the Han Chinese in the East Asian continent lasted only 422, 319, and 276 years, respectively, for a total of only 1,017 years. The People's Republic of China has a history of invading South Korea during the Korean War, but it is not a country made up entirely of Han Chinese. From North Korea's perspective, the People's Republic of China helped North Korea during the Korean War.
Just as the Ming Dynasty helped Joseon during the Japanese invasion, it can be thought that the People's Republic of China helped North Korea during the Korean War. However, the Ming Dynasty and the People's Republic of China have different ancestors and histories, and the Korean War was not a war between a foreign nation and Korea, but a war caused by differences in political ideology between compatriots.
According to the current view of history, the history of Korea has had the same cultural history since 668 or 918, and the history of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China, Taiwan, has had the same cultural history since 1636 or 1949. As of 2024, the entire historical period of Korea can be said to be 1356 or 1106. As of 2024, the entire historical period of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, Taiwan, can be said to be 388 or 75 years.

The history of the East Asian continent and the Korean Peninsula is long, and each country claims that its history includes history before 668 or 918 and 1636 or 1949, but considering that the current concept of a country was created in the modern era, the following personal interpretation can be made.

If the People's Republic of China or Republic of China claims that the history before the Qing Dynasty is its history, it would be the same logic as the United States claiming that the history of American Indians is American history. It refers to the principle of claiming that all history existing in one's current territory is one's own history. In other words, if the People's Republic of China's historical logic is applied to American history, American history would become a history of over 20,000 years.
In particular, although the Yuan Dynasty is clearly Mongolian history, if the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China claims the Yuan Dynasty as its own history, then Russia, India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Kyrgyzstan, which were territories of the Yuan Dynasty, should also be considered part of the history of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China, but no one calls Russia, India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, or Kyrgyzstan the history of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China.
The history of the People's Republic of China (Republic of China, Taiwan) is too short to unify the history and culture of many different countries and become a single national culture, so it is difficult for the people of the People's Republic of China (Republic of China, Taiwan) to judge which traditions and history are their own, which causes problems in asserting a clear tradition and history, and in reality, they make the mistake of mistaking other countries' history as their own. For example, from the Manchurian perspective, the qipao is a traditional dress, and since the Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty, Western countries also consider the qipao a traditional dress. However, many Han Chinese claim that the Han Chinese nation has not been continuous throughout history, and therefore the long-forgotten Han Chinese clothing is their traditional clothing. From the perspectives of the Manchurian and Han Chinese in one country, the traditional dress is different. It's like a man who has been married for a year and has a baby between his wife and husband. The man claims that the common culture of the couple is not the time they spent with the baby, but the middle school that the man graduated from, who has no relationship with his wife. This problem arises because the People's Republic of China is a country where people from other countries live with a short shared history. On the other hand, it may not make sense for any country to define the countries that existed in its current territory as its own history. For example, a foreigner has lived in the house next door for 10 years. A year ago, I bought the house next door and combined my house with the house next door to make it my house. And that foreigner became my tenant. Then, that house next door is now my house, and that foreigner can become a member of my house from now on. However, we cannot say that the foreigner lived with us for 10 years. The United States is also a multi-ethnic country, but it does not call British or French culture its own culture, but rather creates its own culture after the founding of the United States and calls it American culture. Even if the Han Chinese are the majority, the policy of making the Han Chinese the main ethnic group hinders the common consciousness of a single nation, and it is practically desirable to create a culture after the common culture is formed.

The history of Korea and the People's Republic of China and Republic of China, Taiwan, separated from the history of various countries on the East Asian continent

The groups of countries in the East Asian continent are divided into other peoples in the north, other peoples in the east (the main region of the Dongyi people), other peoples in the south, and other peoples in the west based on the history books of the East Asian continent, and are divided into countries in the central region defined by the Han Chinese, and the central region is called the Central Plains or China (region name, not country name). The Han Chinese are the main people in the central region, which is their definition. For example, the countries of other ethnic groups in the west include the Tibetan Empire, the former country of Tibet, the Western Xia, the Uyghurs, the Qiang, the Zhu people, etc., the countries of other ethnic groups in the north include the Kitan, Sui, Tang, Northern Wei, and the First Turkic Khaganate, etc., and the countries of other ethnic groups in the east include the Qing (Jurchen), etc. In the history of the East Asian continent, there were times when there were many countries, up to 16 countries existed at the same time.
In the history of the East Asian continent, there was a Yuan Dynasty in the country of another ethnic group in the east. Although Mongolia is divided into Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, Outer Mongolia or Mongolia is a completely different country from the current People's Republic of China.
Northern and Eastern Region Countries: Based on the central region of the East Asian continent, the countries in the northern and eastern regions existed separately, but gradually the countries in the eastern region moved to the northern region, and their range extended to Manchuria. The ethnic group living in this region was called the Yemaek tribe (濊貊族), and the Ye tribe (Jurchen, Dongye, Okjeo) mainly lived in the east, and the Maek tribe (Gojoseon or Joseon, Buyeo, Goguryeo(ri) or Goryeo(ri), Balhae, Xianbei, Xiongnu) lived in the west. Goguryeo(ri) had territories in Shanxi (山西) and Hebei (河北) in the north of East Asia outside of Manchuria, Baekje had territories in Hebei (河北), Shandong (山東), and Jiangsu (江蘇) in the east of East Asia outside of the Korean Peninsula, and Silla had territories in Shandong (山東) and Zhejiang (浙江) in the east and south of East Asia outside of the Korean Peninsula.
Western Region Countries: There is a theory that among the countries in the West, there are countries that moved west of East Asia and then moved to the Middle East, such as Turkey from the Gokturk country.
When the countries in the northern region were included in Korean history (including Joseon or Gojoseon, Goguryeo(ri) or Goryeo(ri), and Balhae), they allied with the countries in the western region and fought against the countries in the central region. After the fall of Balhae, the countries in the northern region disappeared from Korean history. However, the fact that Goryeo(ri) succeeded Goguryeo(ri) is an important basis for Goguryeo(ri) in Korean history.
Among the countries in Korean history, the countries in the northern region did not expand their territory to the central region of East Asia. However, the countries established after the disappearance of the countries in the northern region in Korean history always tried to expand their territory to the central region. Since their interest was in the territory of the central region of East Asia, not the territory of the Korean Peninsula, war with the countries in the Korean Peninsula was a defensive measure against a war that would occur in the rear during a war with the central region of East Asia. Since the Goryeo(ri) Dynasty, there were mainly wars with the countries in the northern region, and the countries in the northern region fought against the countries in the central region, and the countries in the northern region always ended up taking over the East Asian continent.
In addition, the Joseon ethnic group living in the People's Republic of China are descendants of Joseon people who migrated to Manchuria during the Joseon Dynasty due to difficult living conditions, and their culture and language are different from other ethnic groups living on the East Asian continent, and their culture and language originate from the unique culture and language of Korea as of 2024. Just as Mongolia has its own culture, the culture of the Joseon ethnic group cannot be defined as the culture of the People's Republic of China as long as Korea exists.
The central region of China, as defined by the Han Chinese, is between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River from north to south. The current administrative districts are Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anwei provinces, the eastern region (the different ethnic group or different country in eastern area) corresponds to Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, the southern region (the different ethnic group different country in southern area) corresponds to Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi, the western region (the different ethnic group different country in western area) corresponds to Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yuannan, Xijiang, and Xinjiang, and the northern region (different ethnic group different country in northern area) corresponds to Shandong, Hebei, and Shanxi. The vast continental countries in the East Asian continent were countries established by other ethnic groups in the north or east. Beijing has long been the territory of a northern country, and the Ming Dynasty, the last dynasty of the Han Chinese in East Asia continent, established its capital in Beijing, located in the north, in 1421, and is the northern border.
The following is about the process of establishing the People's Republic of China. The Qing Dynasty fell, and the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China fought a civil war. The Republic of China's Jiang Jieshi (蔣介石) was based on the western and southern regions of the East Asian continent, and the People's Republic of China's Mao Zedong (毛澤東) was based on the Manchurian region. The ethnic groups in the Manchurian region were the Manchus and the northern ethnic groups. In addition, Mao Zedong (毛澤東) was not the Han Chinese, but the Hui Hu (回胡) ethnic group. The starting point or main group of the Chinese Communist Party was not led by the Han Chinese, but by the northern ethnic groups, and it can be said that they were the same ethnic groups as the Qing Dynasty. It is based on the fact that since transportation was not developed in the era, the movement of ethnic groups was almost impossible without oppressive methods.
In the Qing Dynasty history book 'Researches on Manchu Origins', it is said that the Jurchen and Manchurian people were descended from Buyeo, Goryeo(ri), Samhan, Baekje, Silla, Suksin, Balhae, Euplu, Mulgil, Malgal, Balhae, and Jurchen (Jianzhou, Wanyan) in each era. Korean history and Qing history share the same lineage of Buyeo, Goryeo(ri), Samhan, Baekje, and Silla. In 'Researches on Manchu Origins,' the founder of the Jin Dynasty was determined to be a person from Silla or Goryeo(ri), and Buyeo, Samhan, Baekje, Silla, and Balhae were included as the lineage and origin of the Manchu people. If the Qing Dynasty history book is true, Koreans and Qing people had the same ethnic ancestors before the Goryeo(ri) Dynasty. There is also a theory that the founder of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin Gioro Buku Yongsun (愛新覺羅布庫哩雍順, the original pronunciation of the name in the Qing Dynasty was borrowed into Han dynasty characters, but has nothing to do with the meaning of the Han dynasty characters) came from Goryeo(ri) during the Goryeo(ri) Dynasty as Kim Hambo (Kim Haeng (Hambo, Kim Jun), the son of Prince Ma-ui Kim Il, the son of King Gyeongsun of Silla). In the area south of Baekdu Mountain, it can be interpreted that the dynasty continued from Silla to Goryeo(ri), and from Goryeo(ri) to Joseon. Based on the 'Researches on Manchu Origins', it can be interpreted that the dynasty continued from Silla to Goryeo(ri), and from Goryeo(ri) to Qing in the area north of Baekdu Mountain. The Manchus or Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty have always been related to Korean history, as mentioned in the Qing Dynasty Researches on Manchu Origins.
They were the ruled class in Korean history. However, although they were related, they eventually established the Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty and became the ruling class. If the possibility of North Korea being unified with South Korea completely disappears and exists as two independent countries in the future, the relationship between South Korea and North Korea can be explained by analogy to the relationship between Qing and Joseon. To put it more simply and exaggeratedly, it can be likened to North Korea taking over mainland China and South Korea taking over the Korean peninsula. The Han Chinese were only one type of ethnic group when North Korea took over mainland China. If the Han Chinese, who were the ruling class, deny the Manchus, it is no different from denying the ancestors who created the country called China.
In Korean history, among Goguryeo(ri) or Goryeo(ri), Baekje, and Silla, Gaya, Silla, the weakest country, eventually survived and continued Korean history. It is the result of persistent efforts to survive rather than outstanding fighting power and culture. However, in East Asia, there are few cases where one country succeeds another, and historically, completely different countries competed with each other to establish countries, so the Jurchen people, who had strong fighting power, were the last dynasty on the East Asian continent. It may have been the last dynasty because the Qing Dynasty existed in the modern era. Although the number of Han Chinese defined by the Han Chinese is large, they lived as a subordinate class of other ethnic groups for many years until modern times.