Four Commanderies of Han

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The Four Commanderies of Han were Chinese colonial administrative districts established by the Han dynasty in the northern Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria after the conquest of Gojoseon.

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Four Commanderies of Han canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Han dynasty commandery
Han dynasty commandery
Han dynasty commandery
Han dynasty commandery
Han dynasty commandery
former administrative division
administeredBy Han-appointed governors
afterEvent conquest of Gojoseon
appliesToJurisdiction northern Korean Peninsula
southern Manchuria
capital Wanggeom-seong
country Han dynasty
describedIn Book of Han
Book of Later Han
linked to: Hou Hanshu
dissolvedBy Goguryeo
endTime 313 AD
4th century
establishedBy Emperor Wu of Han
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
followedBy Goguryeo control of northern Korean Peninsula
follows Gojoseon
hasCapital Chang'an (imperial metropole)
linked to: Chang'an
hasHistoricalImpact Sino-Korean cultural exchange
formation of early Korean states
hasPart Lelang Commandery
Lintun Commandery
Xuantu Commandery
Zhenfan Commandery
inception 108 BC
languageUsed Classical Chinese
locatedIn East Asia
Korean Peninsula
Manchuria
near modern Pyongyang
partOf Four Commanderies of Han
Han dynasty frontier administration
precededBy Gojoseon kingdom
linked to: Gojoseon
significantEvent Chinese colonization of northern Korea
administrative integration of former Gojoseon territory into Han empire
spread of Chinese culture to Korean Peninsula
startTime 108 BC
reign of Emperor Wu of Han
timePeriod Eastern Han
linked to: Han dynasty

Western Han
linked to: Han dynasty
typeOfGovernment imperial commandery system

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Gojoseon dividedInto Four Commanderies of Han
Lelang Commandery partOf Four Commanderies of Han
subject linked to: Four Commanderies of Han