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Okjeo

Former tribal state in Korea

Former tribal state in Korea

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hangul^옥저
hanja沃沮
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Okjeo ({{Korean/auto|hangul=옥저

Dong-okjeo (Eastern Okjeo) occupied roughly the area of the Hamgyŏng provinces of North Korea, and Buk-okjeo (Northern Okjeo) occupied the Duman River region.

Dong-okjeo was often simply called Okjeo, while Buk-okjeo was also sometimes referred to as Chiguru (置溝婁, 치구루) or Guru (구루), the latter name being also applied to Goguryeo. Okjeo bordered the other minor state of Dongye on the south, and shared a similar fate.

History

In its early history, Okjeo oscillated between domination by the Chinese commanderies and by Goguryeo. From the 3rd century BCE to 108 BCE, it was controlled by Gojoseon. At 107 BCE, it became part of the Xuantu Commandery. As the Xuantu Commandery retreated towards the liadong peninsula as a result of expansion of Goguryeo, East okjeo became part of the eastern part of the Lelang Commandery. Due to the constant interference of its neighbours, Okjeo never grew into a fully centralised kingdom. In 28 BCE, King Dongmyeong sent Bu Wiyeom to attack the Northern Okjeo. In the 1st or 2nd century CE, King Taejo of Goguryeo reduced Okjeo to a tributary, which delivered local products to Goguryeo. During the 244 Wei Invasion of Goguryeo, Goguryeo's King Dongcheon briefly retreated to North Okjeo, and in 285, the Buyeo court also temporarily escaped to Okjeo under northern nomadic attacks.

In early 5th century, Okjeo was completely conquered by Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo.

Culture

Knowledge of Okjeo culture is fragmentary. As with the Dongye and Okjeo's language, food, clothing, architecture, and customs were similar to that of Goguryeo. The Okjeo people practised arranged marriage by which the child-bride lived with the child-groom's family until adulthood, and they interred the dead of a family in a single coffin.

Language

Okjeo was a presumed ancient language that was a part of the Puyŏ languages and existed from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. In Peter H. Lee's book, he stated that although there are some small differences between Okjeo and Goguryeo, the two languages have many similarities that Okjeo didn't have with the other Puyŏ languages. However, Christopher I. Beckwith considers Okjeo to have been a dialect of Goguryeo.

Notes

References

References

  1. link. 임기환. (1998). [[Academy of Korean Studies]]
  2. link. [[Academy of Korean Studies]]. (1995). 김철준
  3. (2011). "A History of the Korean Language". Cambridge University Press.
  4. Christopher I. Beckwith. (2004). "Koguryo: The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives". BRILL.
  5. Andrew Logie. (13 October 2012). "Notes on the languages of the Three Kingdoms".
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