Lintun (English spelling)

Japanese: 臨屯 - りんとん（英語表記）Lín tún

The name of a county established by Emperor Wu of Han in the former territory of Wiman Joseon in China. Emperor Wu established the so-called Four Han Commanderies in 108 B.C., and Lintun County is said to have been located roughly in the area from the southern part of Hamgyong Province to the Gangwon Province in Korea today. There are various theories as to where the commandery was located, and no consensus can be reached. During the reign of the next emperor, Emperor Zhao, various circumstances made it difficult to maintain the commandery, and the various commanderies were consolidated between the 80s and 70s B.C., with Lintun County being incorporated into Lelang County. Recently, historians of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have identified the locations of the four commanderies, including Lintun County, as completely separate, and this is a topic for future research.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，漢の武帝が衛氏朝鮮の故地に設立した郡名。武帝は前108年いわゆる漢四郡を開いたが，臨屯郡はほぼ現在の朝鮮の咸鏡道南部から江原道方面に置かれたものといわれる。郡治所の比定には諸説あって一致しない。次の昭帝の時代には諸般の事情からその維持が困難となり，前80年代から前70年代にかけて諸郡の統合が行われ，臨屯郡も楽浪郡に編入された。最近の朝鮮民主主義人民共和国の史学者は臨屯郡を含めて四郡の位置をまったく別個に比定しており，今後の研究課題となっている。

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