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Dongmyeongwang-pyeon (The Lay of King Dongmyeong)
Yi Gyu-bo · 1193 · Literary Chinese
Ancient text
Dongmyeongwang-pyeon (The Lay of King Dongmyeong)
Yi Gyu-bo
A long narrative poem on the founder of Goguryeo by the Goryeo poet Yi Gyu-bo, preserved in his collected works (1241), with prose notes quoting the lost 'Old History of the Three Kingdoms'; it contains the fullest account of Haemosu's descent and his transformation contest with the River Earl.
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A long narrative poem on the founder of Goguryeo by the Goryeo poet Yi Gyu-bo, preserved in his collected works (1241), with prose notes quoting the lost 'Old History of the Three Kingdoms'; it contains the fullest account of Haemosu's descent and his transformation contest with the River Earl.
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