The Koguryŏ Controversy and Korea's ‘Shared History’ With China
Abstract
The Koguryŏ/Gāogōuli dispute emerged when competing nationalist historiographies overwhelmed a hitherto incomplete bilateral consensus about how to remember an ancient kingdom that had ruled parts of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula for almost 700 years. When the dispute spilled from academia to the political sphere, the stakes increased significantly. Eventually, a compromise of sorts was reached, whereby it was proposed that the kingdom be thought of as having ‘one history shared by two states.’
Fields of Study & Subjects
Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies
Philosophy
History
and Historiography
Cultural Identity and Heritage
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 285–287
- Publication date
- 13 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter