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Contents 1 Romanization 2 Number of blocks in Cheomseongdae 3 Wokou? 4 Bathrobe, please see 5 Cleanup 6 Silla and the Jurchen 7 Redirect from Shinra?

[edit] Romanization

What's going on with this romanization. Wiktionary seems to say this is Shinra or something like that, but I'm not sure why "Silla" is used. What is the proper Korean spelling (in RR, MR, and Yale) for this? WhisperToMe 02:33, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

To understand this, one must enter the nasty intellectual bramble-patch of Korean phonology. The name is 신라 in Hangul, Silla in RR, Shilla in MR, and something foolish in Yale. The first syllable is romanized Sin or Shin, the second Ra. However, due to an assimilation rule, n + r (ㄴ + ㄹ) = ll (ㄹㄹ). So 신라 (Sin-ra) is pronounced 실라 (Silla), and romanized accordingly. -- Visviva 03:00, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Number of blocks in Cheomseongdae

User:Silsor has dropped in a comment that "some sources say" the observatory is made from 366 blocks, rather than 362. However, after a cursory look around, I can't find anything that indicates there are any number other than 362. Does anyone know the basis for the alternative count? -- Visviva 03:00, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've tried to count them, but gave up after about a hundred ;) We need references for such a claim (366). Kokiri 6 July 2005 09:21 (UTC)

Found a reference, added it to the Cheomseongdae article. Now I want to find a reference that will actually explain the discrepancy... -- Visviva 14:28, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wokou?

According to the text, "Facing pressure from Baekje in the west, in 400, Silla allied with Goguryeo to attack Baekje and Japanese Wokou pirates."

However, the article on Wokou states that "Wōkòu (Chinese: 倭寇; Japanese pronunciation: wakō; Korean pronunciation: 왜구 waegu) were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards."

Is there some way that this can be harmonised? Either the use of the word Wokou is an anachronism (i.e., it is extending the name back through history to a time when it had not come into use) and a different term should be used, or the article on Wokou fails to give a complete picture and should mention these earlier bouts of Wokou activity. Bathrobe 04:14, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bathrobe, please see

The word Wokou has been used by Koreans all times to describe the Japanese Bucanners-it is even used today, in very insulting terms to refer to the Japanese, next to monkey. Didigo10

[edit] Cleanup

I placed this under cleanup because I felt coverage was spotty and all the sections needed to be pulled together, added to, and to an extent reorganizaed. I am working on getting the middle period narrative but later period has not been begun.

Straitgate 06:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silla and the Jurchen

I find the remarks on supposedly Korean origins of the Jin dynasty wide of the mark. First, the claims about the similarity between Aisin Gioro and Silla sound extremely speculative. Second, strictly speaking, Nurhaci was not the founder of the Qing, but of the later Jin. One of his sons, later changed the name of the dynasty to Qing and created the name Manchu. Third, what is ethnic homogeneity between Manchus and Koreans supposed to mean? They don't even speak the same language.

In sum, these claims like they were taken from the works of Sin Chae'ho, who wanted to claim Manchuria for Korea. Just quoting the Manzhou yuanliu kao is not sufficient, a chapter and a page reference should be given. (I doubt that the author of this paragraph has read that book. Furthermore, Manzhou yuanliu kao was written in the 18th century in order to create a history of the Manchu, so anything that book say about Korean kingdom some eight hundred years earlier should be taken with some caution. If no credible source is quoted, I suggest that this paragraph be deleted.--Niohe 15:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I thought Silla fought Japanese pirates. Good friend100 00:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect from Shinra?

Please comment on whether Shinra should be a redirect to this article at Talk:Shinra#Requested move. (It's a common spelling in late 19th and early 20th century books, for example.) Right now, the page Shinra discusses a fictional corporation from Final Fantasy VII; I have proposed that be moved to Shinra Electric Power Company instead. Cheers, cab 21:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)