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Gwanggaeto Stele

Name: Gwanggaeto Stele
Author: Erected by King Jangsu of Goguryeo

Erected by King Jangsu of Goguryeo · 414 CE · Literary Chinese

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Gwanggaeto Stele

Erected by King Jangsu of Goguryeo

414 CE

A 6.4-meter stone monument to King Gwanggaeto the Great at Ji'an, Jilin, China, whose opening lines are the earliest written account of Goguryeo's foundation: King Chumo, son of the Heavenly Emperor and of the daughter of the River Earl, breaking from an egg.

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Jumong, Son of Heaven and the RiveroriginBorn from an egg laid by the River Earl's daughter, Jumong grows into a matchless archer at the court of East Buyeo; fleeing the jealous princes, he is saved when fish and turtles rise to bridge a river, and he founds the kingdom of Goguryeo.

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