Xuantu Commandery (Chinese:玄菟郡) is one of Four Commanderies of Han (Han Dynasty). The Four Commanderies of Han (漢四郡 한사군 are Lelang, Lintun, Xuantu and Zhenfan commanderies in the western Korean peninsula The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. It was established in 107 B. C. after a conflict between Wiman Joseon and the Book of Han records there holds 3 prefectures, 45,006 households, population of 221,845. Wiman Joseon (194 - 108 BC was the part of the Gojoseon period (2333 BC - 108 BC of Korean history. The Book of Han ( is a classic Chinese Historical writing completed in 111 CE covering the history of Western Han from 206 BCE to [1] The administration area gradually shrunk toward the west. The territory on the Blue Sea (Sea of Japan, a counterpart of the Yellow Sea) was lost by 75 BCE due to the pressure from Dongye and the capital was moved from Okjeo prefecture (Hamhung) to Xuantu castle in Goguryeo prefecture (Ji'an, Jilin) that later became the Wandu castle of Goguryeo. The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a Marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. Dongye was a state which occupied portions of the northeastern Korean peninsula from roughly 150 BCE to around 400 CE Okjeo was a small tribal state which arose in the northern Korean peninsula from perhaps 2nd century BCE to 5th century CE Hamhŭng ( Hamhŭng-si) is North Korea 's second largest city, and the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and Ji'an ( is a County-level city in Jilin province People's Republic of China. Wandu Mountain City ( Chinese: 丸[[wikt 都|都]] 山[[wikt 城|城]]) (Korean transliteration Hwando Mountain Fortress) along with Later Han lost the original territory of Xuantu Corridor and retreated to Liaodong Peninsula by 107 AD. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Liáodōng Peninsula ( is a Peninsula in the Liáoníng province of northeastern China, historically known in the west as southern east- Manchuria Goguryeo rose from this region (37 BCE-668) and declared secession from the administration of Jin Dynasty (265–420) and finally conquered it in 302 AD. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and The Jìn Dynasty ( 265 – 420) one of the Six Dynasties, followed the Three Kingdoms period and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties
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- ^ 玄菟郡，武帝元封四年開。高句驪，莽曰下句驪。屬幽州。戶四萬五千六。口二十二萬一千八百四十五。縣三：高句驪，遼山，遼水所出，西南至遼隊入大遼水。又有南蘇水，西北經塞外。上殷台，莽曰下殷。西蓋馬。馬訾水西北入鹽難水，西南至西安平入海，過郡二，行二千一百里。莽曰玄菟亭。Wikisource: the Book of Han, volume 28-2