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Abstract

In this paper, I compared a Korean article from Samguksagi(『三國史記』) with a Chinese one from Hanshu(『漢書』), both of which deal with the war between Koguryo(高句麗) and Xin(新). The former says that Yeonbi(延丕), a Koguryo’s general was beheaded by Xin’s general Umwoo(嚴尤) in A.D. 12. However, to our surprise, the latter, which is the original article of the former, tells us that it was the very king of Koguryo whose name was Choo(騶), not the general, that was killed by Umwoo. The conclusions I have reached are as follows; 1) The incident actually happened in A.D. 12 that Umwoo killed Choo, not Yeonbi, as appeared in Hanshu. 2) Yeonbi was killed in a war, different from the incident in A.D. 12. 3) Choo is the abbreviation of Choomo(鄒牟), who has been regarded as the founder of Koguryo, one of the three ancient kingdoms of Korea.