Gyuwon Sahwa


The Gyuwon Sahwa is a forged text from the early twentieth century, claiming to be a history written in 1675 that describes ancient Korean history.

Authenticity

The existence of the book is first recorded in 1925.
In 2017, South Korean historian Cho In-sung writes:

"The debate over authenticity may be said to be already over... The Gyuwon Sahwa is a hoax made after 1914."

Evidence for the Gyuwon Sahwa's lack of authenticity includes:
The work was probably compiled by a new religious movement that involved the worship of Dangun.
On the Gyuwon Sahwa, historian Don Baker also notes that "there are indications that the author of this purported seventeenth-century manuscript was aware of the creation story found in the Genesis chapter of the Bible and was also familiar with the Christian beliefs in the trinitarian nature of God and in the immortality of the human soul."

Contents

The book consists of five parts: Prologue, Jopan-gi, Taesigi, Dangun-gi, and Epilogue.

Works cited

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