Confucius is Korean. Who said that?

Core Tip: Zheng Zaishu, a professor at Ewha Women's University in Korea, recently claimed that the myth of Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor in China actually originated in South Korea, and Confucius, Shi and Li Shizhen were also Koreans. This remark caused great dissatisfaction among netizens in China.

Zheng Zaishu, a professor at Ewha Women's University in Korea, said that "the Korean nation is related to the ancient Dongyi people."

The New Express 65438+February 14 reported that the myth of Yanhuang originated in South Korea-after Korean scholars threw out this statement, China netizens were greatly dissatisfied and thought that "the myth of China originated in South Korea, and this conclusion itself is a' myth' in South Korea!" Previously, South Korea argued that Confucius was Korean, and that Beauty Stone and Imperial Doctor Li Shizhen had long been classified as "Koreans", which also aroused strong doubts from netizens.

It seems that the descendants of China did not easily hand over their "ancestors." The cultural craze between China and South China reflects the infinite vitality of Korean culture.

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Confucius Xi Li Shi Shizhen is Korean?

The climax of the debate is a news item entitled "The myth of China originated in South Korea". Zheng Zaishu, a professor at Ewha Women's University in South Korea, believes that Yan Di, Chiyou, Kuafu, Fengbo and other Dongyi gods mentioned in Shan Hai Jing all appear in the murals of Koguryo's ancient tomb. Many myths and legends of China originated from Dongyi gods, while the myth of Yanhuang came from South Korea.

Zheng Zaishu, who quickly became an "Internet celebrity", published a statement entitled "It's difficult to answer customers effectively", saying that "the Korean nation is related to the ancient Dongyi people, and I just want to find some traces of ancient myths lost by the Korean nation in China mythology".

China's paper has also become a hot topic in South Korea. Ye Shuxian, director of the Center for Comparative Literature Research of China Academy of Social Sciences, points out in his new book that the ancestor of the Korean nation, the legendary "bear mother" born of Dangen, is actually the differentiation of the legend of the Yellow Emperor. Ye Shuxian's theory caused an uproar in South Korea. Yonhap News Agency/KLOC-0, a large Korean news agency, published an article on October 7th, saying that this proposition negates North Korea and simplifies the myth of Tangen as "a reaction influenced by China culture", which is "out of nothing". In South Korea, the legend of Dangun's conquest of the Central Plains is written into textbooks as history.

Besides Yan Huang, South Korea is also quite interested in Confucius. South Korea holds a large-scale ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius every year. According to reports, Korean scholars intend to apply this time-honored traditional ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius as a world cultural heritage.

There are also many Korean scholars who believe that Confucius is a descendant of the ancestors of the Korean nation. According to their research, Ji Zi, an aristocrat of Shang Dynasty, was the first to establish political power on the Korean peninsula, while Cabbage, a relative, was the first monarch of the feudal Song State in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Confucius was the descendant of the aristocrats of Song State, that is, the descendants of Korean ancestors.

Also classified as "Koreans" are Shi and Li Shizhen. Posts reprinted in many forums said that many Koreans believed that Northeast China, Shandong, Hebei and Zhejiang were the former residences of Koreans and the birthplace of culture, so Shi became a "cultural celebrity" in South Korea.

The textual research of Li Shizhen's "Korean nationality" was introduced by a netizen who claimed to have traveled in Korea for many years. In the Korean herbal medicine market, Compendium of Materia Medica is regarded as an important cultural heritage, and Li Shizhen is also verified as a "Korean" by scholars.

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Historical books record the deeds and achievements of cultural celebrities.

In Han mythology, Yan Di and Huangdi are the leaders of two ancient tribes living in the Yellow River valley. Yan Di invented farming, popularized the use of fire, and Huangdi invented boats, carts, sericulture and mulberry planting, which kept pace with each other, made people live and work in peace and contentment, and created the early civilization of China.

Confucius was born in 552 BC and died in 479 BC at the age of 73. People from Qufu, Shandong. He was a thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and was appointed as the head of the State of Lu. Later, he took his disciples around the world; Finally, I returned to Shandong and devoted myself to teaching. According to legend, he received as many as 3000 disciples. He was one of the most learned scholars in the society at that time and was respected as the most sacred and eternal teacher by later generations.

Shi was a Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. When the country was in crisis, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, tried his best to make a living. Shi was ashamed of himself and committed himself to serving the country, confusing the prince of Wu with his relatives and friends, and was later destroyed by Gou Jian. According to legend, after the destruction of Wu, the stone and boating in the five lakes, I do not know where to go, has been missed by future generations.

Li Shizhen was not Korean, and Li Shizhen was a famous physician in Ming Dynasty, who wrote Compendium of Materia Medica.