Hogong

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Hogong was a minister of Silla in the age of the nation-building. He was from Japan.^[1] He was called Hogong(meaning "Duke bottle gourd") because he was putting on his bottle gourd when he came from Japan. He was a very important person in initial Silla because he appeared in stories of primogenitors of all royal families.

In 20 BC, Hyeokgeose of Silla sent him to Mahan confederacy. The king scolded that Silla did not sent a tribute, but he criticized the king's impoliteness with fortitude. The king was angry at him and tried to kill him, but surrounding subordinates stopped the king, and he was permitted the his homecoming.
In 58, he assumed the position of the minister's first rank.
In 65, he found Kim Alji who was primogenitors of the Kim royal clan of Silla.