Xuantu Commandery

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Xuantu Commandery (Chinese:玄菟郡) is one of Four Commanderies of Han (Han Dynasty). It was established in 107 B.C. after a conflict between Wiman Joseon and the Book of Han records there holds 3 prefectures, 45,006 households, population of 221,845.^[1] The administration area gradually shrunk toward the west. The territory on the Blue Sea (Sea of Japan, a counterpart of the Yellow Sea) was lost by 75 BCE due to the pressure from Dongye and the capital was moved from Okjeo prefecture (Hamhung) to Xuantu castle in Goguryeo prefecture (Ji'an, Jilin) that later became the Wandu castle of Goguryeo. Later Han lost the original territory of Xuantu Corridor and retreated to Liaodong Peninsula by 107 AD. Goguryeo rose from this region (37 BCE-668) and declared secession from the administration of Jin Dynasty (265–420) and finally conquered it in 302 AD.^{[citation needed]}

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1. ^ 玄菟郡，武帝元封四年開。高句驪，莽曰下句驪。屬幽州。戶四萬五千六。口二十二萬一千八百四十五。縣三：高句驪，遼山，遼水所出，西南至遼隊入大遼水。又有南蘇水，西北經塞外。上殷台，莽曰下殷。西蓋馬。馬訾水西北入鹽難水，西南至西安平入海，過郡二，行二千一百里。莽曰玄菟亭。Wikisource: the Book of Han, volume 28-2