King Gwanggaeto Stele (English: King Gwanggaeto Stele)

Japanese: 広開土王碑 - こうかいどおうのひ（英語表記）Kwanggaet'o-wang-bi

This monument commemorating King Gwanggaeto is located in Donggang, Ji'an (now Ji'an County, Jilin Province, China) on the west bank of the Yalu River in Korea. It is also called the King Gwanggaeto Stele, and the king's correct name is Gwanggaeto Gyeongpyeon Gwanggaeto. It was rediscovered at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and since Su Guo Jingxin made a rubbing of it in 1884, it has been actively studied in Japan as well. The inscription, which is 6.2m high and 2m wide, is made up of over a thousand characters and contains the reasons for the monument's construction, the king's military exploits, and the king's orders and instructions regarding the tomb. In particular, the part about the king's military exploits, which describes his defeat of the allied forces of Wa (Japan) and Baekje in 391 and 399, is an important historical material for understanding ancient Japanese-Korean relations and for filling in gaps in the "Samguk Sagi" and "Nihon Shoki." It is also noteworthy that the oldest known example of the character "Mimana" can be found on the inscription.

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Japanese:

朝鮮，鴨緑江西岸の輯安 (現中国吉林省集安県) の東崗にある広開土王の記功碑。好太王碑ともいい，王の名は正しくは国岡上広開土境平安好太王という。清朝末期に再発見され，酒勾景信が 1884年に拓本を将来してから日本でも研究が盛んになった。高さ 6.2m，幅 2mの自然石に刻まれた千数百字の碑文には，建碑の理由，王の武勲，陵墓に関する王の教令，遺訓が記されている。特に，王の武勲のうち，391，399年の倭 (日本) ＝百済連合軍撃退の部分は古代の日韓関係を知るうえで，また『三国史記』や『日本書紀』などの欠を補う点で重要な史料である。また「任那」という文字の最古の用字例が碑文にみえることも注目される。

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