History: QSD and Korea's 3 Kingdom Era

Kiara77
November 05, 2009 02:43

This section is for QSD historical references,discussions, documents, articles etc related to the drama.

"Historical Quotes"

Well behaved women rarely make history.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

History...is indeed little more than the register of crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

EDWARD GIBBON,The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

History is written by the winners.

ALEX HALEY, as quoted in And I Quote

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator

What experience and history teach is this...that people and governments never have learned anything from history or acted on the principles deduced from it.

G.W.F HEGEL, Philosophy of History

History... is an aggregation of truths, half-truths, semi-truths, fables, myths, rumors, prejudices, personal narratives, gossip, and official prevarications. It is a canvas upon which thousands of artists throughout the ages have splashed their conceptions and interpretations of a day and an era. Some motifs are grotesque and some are magnificent. ~Philip D. Jordan

The past is ideology or discourse: we don't really study it, we just build powerful contemporary claims from our representations of history.

Hayden White, Metahistory.

Korean History: "Our knowledge of the ancient history of Korea is scanty. Contemporary documents are few and consist mainly of Chinese writings which allude here and there to Korea. Other documents we know only by quotations in later writings, for wars and invasions destroyed the originals and they have not survived."

-Professor Ha Tae-Hung of Yonsei University.

Queen Seon Deok of Shilla

(632-647)

Queen Seon Deok

Lee Yo Won as Queen Seon Deok

Historical documents related to the drama:

1. Hwarang Segi (Annals of the Hwarang): is a historical record of Hwarang of Silla in ancient Korea. (This drama is based on the Hwarang Segi manuscripts). http://en.allexperts.com/e/h/hw/hwarang_segi.htm

During the Koryo dynasty (935-1391) two chronicles of Korea's earliest period were compiled.

2.Samguk Sagi: written by Kim Pu-sik (Kim Busik), a high government official in the twelfth century. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Samguk_Sagi

3.Samguk Yusa: written by Ilyon (Iryeon) a Buddhist priest who was interested in early history of his country. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Samguk_Yusa

Note: Hwarang Segi manuscript is considered by most historians as a fraud. Some events from Samguk Sagi and Samguk Yusa are questionable.

Historical Dramas: Three Kingdom Era

Sea God aka Emperor of the Sea, God of the Sea (2004) KBS2 - Shilla/Tang

http://aznv.tv/?p=d43

Jumong (The Prince of the Legend) aka The Book of Three Han (2006) MBC - Koguryo

http://www.dramafever.com/drama/11/1/Jumong/

Dae Jo Yeong (2006) KBS1 - Balhae (Unified Shilla)

http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/djy#

Yeon Gaesomun aka Yon Gae somun (2006) SBS - Koguryo

Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piPrEqfbkHg

Seo Dong Yo aka Ballard of Seo Dong, Seo Dong's Song (2006) SBS - Paekche

http://aznv.tv/?p=d413