From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gojoseon–Han War
Gojoseon–Han War
Gojoseon-Han War to Han. She He later became an administrator of a north
eastern Han province.
Date 109 BC - 108 BC Enraged by this act, King Ugeo attacked the territory
of She He and killed him. Seeing a chance to declare
Location Manchuria, Northern Korean Peninsula,
Yellow Sea war against Gojoseon, the Han Dynasty thus sent 50,000
strong army and 7,000 strong navy to conquer the Go-
Result Han Victory and Fall of Gojoseon. joseon.
Belligerents
Gojoseon Han Dynasty
Siege of Wanggeom
A force of Yang Pu (杨仆) was defeated and another force
Commanders and leaders
of Xun Zhi (荀彘) was also obstructed by Wimanjoseon.
King Ugeo † Yang Pu So, Emperor Wu sent an envoy ordering surrender. King
Seong Gi † Xun Zhi Ugeo sent the crown prince for negotiations. Due to mis-
Min. No In (POW)
understandings the negotiations failed and war was re-
Min. Han Eum (POW)
Min. Sam (POW) sumed.
Gen. Wang Gyeop (POW) King Ugeo kept Wanggeom-seong, the capital city of
Wimanjoseon, for several months from Han forces. Xun
Strength
Zhi, having overall command by the Emperor Wu, im-
Unknown 57,000+ prisoned Yang Pu and unified the whole Han forces and
the attacks became stronger. Wimanjoseon officials such
The Gojoseon–Han War was a campaign launched by the as No In (朝鮮相 路人), Han Eum (相 韓陰), Sam (尼谿
Han Dynasty of China against Wiman Joseon, the last re- 相 參), Wang Gyeop (王唊) insisted to surrender to Han.
maining part of Gojoseon after many kingdoms in the But king Ugeo disagreed. Eventually, in April of 108 BC,
Korean peninsula became independent countries, be- three of the ministers surrendered to Han and Sam later
tween 109 BC and 108 BC.[1] It resulted in the victory of let King Ugeo be assassinated.
Han over Gojoseon. Though the king died the capital city didn’t fall. Un-
der the leadership of Minister Seong Gi (成己), Gojoseon
Background people still struggled against Han. But, Seong Gi was also
assassinated and the city finally fell to Han.
Gojoseon was developed highly, expanded its territory
widely and benefit from trades between Han and other
countries. At this time, King Ugeo ruled Wimanjoseon, a
Aftermath
name given to Gojoseon of this time by later scholars, at Four Commanderies were founded to control the former
this time, and the title of Dangun was no longer in use. Gojoseon territories.
The Chinese viewpoint on this struggle is described
in Records of the Grand Historian (史記), according to
which the kingdom of Gojoseon had blocked trade be-
References
tween the Han Dynasty and the other kingdoms to the [1] Il-yeon: Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three
east and did not pay any homage to Han. Kingdoms of Ancient Korea, translated by Tae-Hung
The Korean viewpoint on this struggle is that Wiman- Ha and Grafton K. Mintz. Book One, page 20-22. Silk
joseon did not have any duty of homage to Han because Pagoda (2006). ISBN 1-59654-348-5
Wimanjoseon was a sovereign nation and in a political al-
liance including Xiongnu against the Han Dynasty.
Another assessment of the situation seems to be that
See also
Han was looking for a chance to exercise its might as • Gojoseon
a unified Chinese dynasty. Emperor Wu (Wudi; 武帝) of • List of China-related topics
Han appointed She He (涉何) as an ambassador to Go- • List of Korea-related topics
joseon in 109 B.C. After a failed negotiations, She He • History of China
killed a general Jang (長) at the border on his way back • History of Korea
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