Here, I made my promise and it is my pleasure to open such glorious thread :kidding: (btw, this is one of my controversial posts, so enjoy)
=So, Who were the Dong Yi?=
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Let's start with what they were known as. We'll see some official Chinese text and decipher what their connotation of Dong Yi were:
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[àãÙþú°í® (seolmoonheja=the oldest existing chinese dictionary)]:
êîÔÔì¨ðôÓÞÓÞìÑå¥ - only Dong Yi are ÓÞìÑ (Big Person- positive connotation)
ì¨áÔìÒìÒíºáø - Dong Yi the vulgar kind savant is long-lived (excellent praises)
êóÏÖíÝÕÞÝñýÏÐ - In Dong yi there is a place where gentlemenship never died
ó®æ¨ÏÖíåýì¨ - Gentlemen(ÏÖí) derived from being "someone like Dong Yi"
êóì¨ñýú¼Ë½ÜØ - If your happy like Dong Yi, you will receive fortune(ÜØ)
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ýùÓßö (hoo han so speaks of): ò¸êóÏÖíÝÕÞÝñýÏÐåê
ìÒì»û¿ßæØ¿Úª ò¢ì»õó - because ì¨(yi) is the "source of root", they are wise and love creation, as if everything came out of land.
That is the reason why their instincts were great, and their Ô³Óì (do duk) were so good that they were even called
ÏÖíÝÕÞÝñýÏÐ(country where gentlemenship never died) ò¸êóÏÖíÝÕÞÝñýÏÐåê
That is why confucious wanted to visit Îúì¨ (Gooyi-nine states) ͺÍîíé°ËÜÎúì¨å¥
(sorry for messing text up I tried my best)
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There is an official chinese textbook by the name ߣúÌè (san he gyong). In the episode úÒ®Ìè he ne gyong, you read the following excerpts:
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ߣúÌè-úÒ®Ìè
ÔÔúñýÒ® ÝÁúñýéê êóÏÐ Ù£èØ ðÈàØ ô¸Ô¸ÐììÑâ©ËÜ ?ìÑäññý - Inner to East Sea, around North Sea, there is a country named Choson (ðÈàØ - here it means Old Choson, not North Korea . These people whom heaven praises so much lives in the countryside and lives close and friendly towards each other.
In that phrase, East sea meant east of China, thus the yellow sea.
Episode úèâÔÔÌè (foreign east reading?)
ÏÖÏÖíÏÐî¤ÐìÝÁ ëýήÓáËü ãÝâ® ÞÅì£ÓÞûÛî¤Û± ÐììÑû¿åÓÜôî³ êóý¹ü¤õ® ðÈßæàªÞÝ ìéèØî¤ÊÜêøñýã¹ÝÁ
The Gentlemenship country lies north of korean peninsula. They wear clothes neatly and wears this kind of hat and a sword. They raise animals and "lived next to two tigers which serves as their pet" These people love to help each other out and are not likely to get into fight. There is Moo Goong Hwa (native flower) that opens during day and closes during night.
---------------------enough of praises. Let's now go further into defining who Dong Yi were.------------------------
Dong Yi is written as: ÔÔì¨
ÔÔ means east. It's combination of ÓÞ (big, great) and èØ (sun). In other words, the place where sun rises before...or east because sun rises from east. They called it great place where sun rose- pretty logical because sun=life.
ì¨ means barbarian. But let's search deeper into the word "Barbarian". The word Barbarian comes from two words: ÓÞ (big, great) Ïá (bow). Keep that in mind.
ýùÓßö (hoo han so) speaked about confucious wanting to go to 9 states. And that nine states were a gentlemen country. Keep that also in mind.
ߣúÌè (san he gyong) speaked about the gentlemenship country lying north of korean peninsula------manchu. On the other episode, it also said that the country was called Choson (ðÈàØ).
So Dong Yi = Old Choson?
Baedal was composed of 9 states.....that's why it was called Îúì¨ (nine barbarians).....
Choson started from north of Korean peninsula thus Manchu.....
The native flower "moo goong hwa" is also the national flower of Korea....
Handangogi had spoken that Baedal was followed by Old Choson. It's kind of making sense that both were called Gentlemen country becasue they are from the same person
Barbarian meant big bow....koreans were bowmen and so Chinese called them arrow barbarian.... btw, the oldest chinese dictionary àãÙþú°í® said: ÔÔÛ°ñýìÑå¥ ðôÓÞðôÏá
There. Now Prove me wrong
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