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2. History of Korean Baduk
 
※ He Early Stage (the Three Nation Period)
 
There have been six stages in the history of Korean Baduk: its introduction (Old Chosun until Unified Silla), its popularization period (Koryo until the mid-Chosun), the dominance of Sunjang Baduk (until the end of Chosun), the introduction of international rules (to 1945), the rising standard of Korean Baduk (1954 - 1989), the golden age (1989 - present day).
The earliest Baduk story is told in Samguk-Sagi (History of the Three Nations) in the volume'Paekche-bongi, Kae-ro-wang', which is the earliest history book, written retrospectively by Kim Bu-sik about the Three Nation period.
This story is about a monk Do-rim from Koguryo.
¡°The expansionist King of Koguryo, Jang-su, sent his national Baduk master, the monk Do-rim, to the rival state Paekche to infiltrate the King's court, posing as an exile.
King Kae-ro of Paekche befriended Do-rim as a fellow player, and he persuaded Kae-ro to undertake extravagant public works such as new palaces. Once Paekche was depleted of its resources, Do-rim sent word to King Jang-su, who promptly invaded successfully in just seven days, with a minimum of conflict. King Kae-ro was killed and the Crown Prince escaped with his life to Ungjin to rebuild what was left of his country."
This took place in about AD 475, and is the most important international incident in which Baduk was intimately involved. Several stories involving Baduk are contained in the semi-historical book Samguk-yusa (Tales of the Three Nations) demonstrating that Baduk was quite widespread and influential at national courts.
That Baduk was the preferred game in the three nations that became Korea, is also suggested by the 'Koguryo-jeon' chapters of Sindang-seo [Xin Tang Shu (New Tang Histories), running to many volumes], and 'Paekche-jeon' chapters of the Huju-seo [Hou Zhou Shu (History of the Later Zhou)].

 
 

 

 

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