Budoji(부도지, 符都誌) is a narrative literature about the ancient Korean history written by Bak Jesang(박제상) during the period of King Nulji of Silla. Nulji (reigned 417&ndash458 was the nineteenth king ( Maripgan) of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In 1953, his descendant, Bak Geum, published the book, however, the original version has been unidentified. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The published version of the current Budoji is a restored version based on his memorial to the original Budoji. Therefore, it is not thought generally as historical materials.
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Outline of Budoji
The Era of Mago
The first era of Korean history is called Mago(마고,麻故). Budoji states that there were four Heavenly people, who were Hwanggung(황궁, 黃穹), Baekso(백소,白巢), Cheonggung(청궁,靑穹) and Heukso(흑소,黑巢). The mother of Hwanggung and Cheonggung was Gungheui(궁희, 穹姬), and the mother of Baekso and Heukso was Soheui(소희,巢姬). The mother of Gungheui and Soheui was Mago. It is said that Mago, Soheui and Gungheui, bore children without a father.
The Era of Budo
This chapter describes the historical story about the four Heavenly people of Hwanggung, Baekso, Cheonggung and Heukso. The first son of Hwanggung, Yuin (유인,有因), received Cheonbusamin (천부삼인, 天符三印), and then he bequeathed the Cheonbusamin to Hwanin. Hwanin, (also pronounced "Han-in" 한인 or Divine Regent is a figure in Korean mythology.
The Era of Hwanung
The son of Hwanin, Hwanung, received the Cheonbusamin from his father, and established the Budo. Hwanung (환웅 桓雄 or Supreme Divine Regent is an important figure in the mythological origins of Korea. Hwanin, (also pronounced "Han-in" 한인 or Divine Regent is a figure in Korean mythology. Hwanung (환웅 桓雄 or Supreme Divine Regent is an important figure in the mythological origins of Korea. is a Japanese term describing Martial arts. In English it is used almost exclusively in reference to Japanese martial arts. Budoji describes the achievement of Hwanung during the era in this chapter.
The Era of Gojoseon
It is described that Imgeom or Dangun is the son of Hwanung. Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom considered the first proper nation of the Korean people. Dangun Wanggeom was the legendary founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom around present-day Liaoning, Manchuria, and the Korean Hwanung (환웅 桓雄 or Supreme Divine Regent is an important figure in the mythological origins of Korea. Imgeom also received Cheonbusamin from his father, and then established the state called Gojoseon.
From Samhan to Samguk
This chapter describes Samhan after the destruction of Gojoseon. Samhan refers to the ancient confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan in central and southern Korean peninsula The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula Samhan refers to the ancient confederacies of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan in central and southern Korean peninsula Mahan was located in the north, Byeonhan was located in the south and Jinhan was located in the east. Byeonhan, also known as Byeonjin, was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the beginning of the Common Era to the 4th century in the Jinhan was a loose confederacy of chiefdoms that existed from around the 1st century BC to the 4th century CE in the southern Korean peninsula, to the east of the Nakdong Then, Baekje succeeded Byeonhan and Goguryeo succeeded Mahan and Silla succeeded Jinhan. Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
References
- Jesang Bak, Budoji, translated and commentated by Eunsu Kim (Seoul: Hanmunhwa 2002, c. 1986).
- Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, "The Female Principle in the Magoist Cosmogony," in Ochre Journal of Women's Spirituality (Spring 2007), [1]
- Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Seeking Mago, the Great Goddess: A Mytho-Historic-Thealogical Reconstruction of Magoism, an Archaically Originated Gynocentric Tradition of East Asia, Ph. D. disseratation (Claremont Graduate University, Claremont: CA (2005).
- Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, "An Investigation of Gynocentric Unity in Mago, the East Asian Great Goddess, and Elsewhere (paper presented at the Conference of Pacific and Southwest Women’s Studies on April 17, 2004, Scripps College: Claremont CA), [2]
- JungPyeong Noh. GoChoson-ui Jonggyo Hyeokmyeong 고조선의 종교혁명 [The Religious Revolution of Old Choson] (Seoul: Daehan, 2003).
- Thomas Yoon. The Budozhi: The Genesis of MaGo (Mother Earth) and the History of the City of Heaven’s Ordinance (Notre Dame, IN: Cross Cultural Publications, Inc. , 2003).
External links
- 부도지 The original text of the Budoji.
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