A letter from Wang Geon, the monarch of Korea, to Gyeonhwon, the Later Baekje Kingdom

 On my stomach, I listened to a document delivered by Ban Sang-seo, a currency history of May, and a book written by the descendants. When I lay down on my stomach, the agile envoy of the shining cart sent me a book of offerings, and I received a good word full of chokso (one letter of paper) to teach me. Although I was thrilled to receive the report, I opened your letter and there was no doubt. Now I open up my doubts about going back. I was given the opportunity to preach as a commander of a long life, with the descendants of heaven above me and the generosity of people below me with eagerness. These days, due to the bad luck of Samhan, many people were imprisoned in Hwanggeonjeok due to a poor harvest in Guju, and all of the eve became red soil. As the boundary of Geoi Pungjin stopped and the neighboring countries hoped to save the disaster, they became friends with Sunlin, and thousands of ri of agriculture enjoyed the industry, and after seven or eight years of quiet life, something suddenly happened in October.At first, he took the enemy lightly and said, "The road will be good from now on, as Dangnang hits the wheel, but in the end, he will know the difficulties and retire. As if a mosquito is losing a lot, he will speak in unison, but he will swear to heaven." If you change your oath, the ghost will kill you." So I also revered that fighting was a duty, and promised that it was a benevolence not to kill, so I freed the tired soldiers from the siege, so I did not hesitate to take my son as a hostage, but to make the people comfortable.This is a great virtue to the people of the South, who have not unexpectedly dried up their blood as an oath, and rebuilding their hideous dignity, the venom of the land bees, and the mad tiger swarms are rampant in Seoul, so the golden city is very dark and the king's cart is very surprised. Taking advantage of the opportunity to seek the Han Dynasty only compares the craftiness of Wang Mang and Dongtak. So the king bowed down and said to his descendants, "If it is not the pure loyalty of the pen, how can I re-establish my resignation?" He said, "I have no special heart and I am a king," and attached to the court a precarious country. When he peeped at small profits like Hori, he forgot about the kindness of heaven and earth, cut down the king and burned the palace, killed the sergeant with salt, killed the people, took away the concubines, and loaded the boat with them, so evilness was worse than Geol and Zhou. As a result, my resentment was as extreme as the sky was falling, and the sincerity of the sky was so intense, that it has been two years since I made efforts to raise the army again after seeing the bird hawk chasing the sparrow. The fight on land was thunderous and thunderous, and the fight on the sea was intertwined with the tiger and the dragon soared, making a ball when it moved and nothing was in vain when it began. When Yunban was chased off the coast, armor piled up like a mountain, and when Chujo was captured in Byeoseong, the fallen body covered the field. In Batdudeok in Yeonsan-gun, Gilhwan was cut and killed in front of Gunjin, and Suo was killed under the flag at the outskirts of Mariseong. On the day of taking Imjonseong Fortress, hundreds of people, including Hyeongjeok, abandoned themselves, and when they broke Cheongju, a group of four or five people, including Jiksim, gave their heads. For that reason, Dongsu saw the flag and ran away, and Gyeongsan surrendered with Doriok. Gangju separated from the south and returned to the country on its own, and Nabu moved from the west to the east on its own. How can it be far from being able to recover when invading is like this? By all means, I will wash a thousand kinds of Jangi in the middle of Ji Su-yeong and achieve the victory of Han Wang on Ogangjeong Pavilion to calm the storm and clear the whole sea, so where will heaven help in the future? Furthermore, I was satisfied with the virtue of King May's reign, and I was deeply indebted to the people who cared for small things, so I tried to deal with the difficulties of Cheonggu by issuing a special decree from the court, so how can I not be scolded and worshiped? If the people withdraw all their ugly weapons under the king's command, they will not only live up to the good grace of the country, but will probably continue the broken line of the East Sea, and if they do not fix the fault, how can they be mad? --------------------------------------------------- I can see the confrontation between Wang Geon and Gyeonhwon.