Talk:Emperor Taizong's campaign against Goguryeo

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[edit] Korean pronounciations and Chinese POV

This article is well-balanced overall. However, there are a few parts where I would have to say there was some Chinese POV, such as suggesting that Yeon Gaesomun was "arrogant" in his treatment to the Tang emissaries. Perhaps taking words that express personal opinion out of the article. Also, Yeon Gaesomun was not a magniji, but a Dae Magniji. --Kprideboi (talk) 19:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I am open to alternative wording as well any help you can provide on Korean names. However, it should be noted that, assuming that you are complaining about some of the Korean names already in the article that are in Revised Romanization, WP:MOS-KO calls for the use of Revised Romanization when it comes to historical articles. --Nlu (talk) 22:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Other articles/sources state 10-20,000 Tang soldiers were killed during the Seige of Ansi, would anyone oppose me changing the figure to 12-22,000 Tang dead? Jegal (talk) 17:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

No opposition as long as the sources are cited. I am personally skeptical of the 2,000 figure given by Chinese sources (which, I might add, was also adopted by the Samguk Sagi), given that Emperor Taizong himself had been in battles that singly had much more than that killed and probably wouldn't have considered 2,000 deaths a large figure, although, of course, in his middle age (he did not live to what we would consider to be old age) he might be viewing human casualties much more seriously than when he was young. It should also be noted, however, that it was said that he personally read the names of the dead at a ceremony. 20,000 names would be much harder to read for him personally than 2,000, although definitely not impossible. --Nlu (talk) 07:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)