Quote Originally Posted by caster51 View Post
I think you should read the chinese and the korean document .
you should read Gwangetto stele.
Chinese scholars participated in studies of the stele from the 1980s. Wang Jianqun interviewed local farmers and decided the intentional fabrication had not occurred and the lime was pasted by local copy-making workers to enhance readability
Xu Jianxin of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences discovered the earliest rubbed copy which was made before 1881. He also concluded that there was no evidence the Japanese had damaged any of the stele characters
I do not know why the Korean does not boast of this, "Goguryeo defeated Wa".
I made no mention of the stele being damaged by the Japanese. Although that is a huge possibility. Read the article I posted. I only mentioned that the stele was heavily damaged prior to its finding and its meaning lost over the centuries. The stele can be interpreted in many different ways due to its lost meaning. The stele doesnt even mention Baekje or Shilla outright. Only the first character for "Baekje" (百) is noted, and even the supposed first character of Silla is not complete (only 斤 as opposed to 新). We dont even know if it was actually referring to Baekje. The stele only mentions the damaged word 百. Baekje is spelled 百濟, not 百. The stele mentions the word 斤 which is the incomplete character of 新. Shilla is spelled 新羅. Obviously, 斤 in no way equals 新羅(shilla). Only a Japanese historian can interpret history in such a faulty way. Its delusional.

You also claim that that the stele was referring to Wa defeating Baekje and Shilla even though this is not stated in the stele or supported by historical records. The stele can be translated in many different ways because the characters are missing. Korean scholars translated the passage as-

""And in the sinmyo year Goguryeo came and crossed the sea and defeated Wa. Baekje made [unknown] and [Sil]la its subjects."""

And this sounds a lot more realistic and is in fact supported by historical records. Goguryeo did in fact defeat Japan and subjugated both Shilla and Paekche during that time period.

source (De Bary, Theodore and Peter H. Lee, "Sources of Korean Tradition", p. 25-26)

On the other there is no historical record of Japan ever conquering Shilla and Baekje. Wa did not even possess an organized government, state, iron weapons, horses, cavalry, chariots and its population size was dwarfed by Korea's three kingdoms. So how exactly did Japan fight Goguryeo? The answer- Japan was in fact a colony of Baekje. Whenever Baekje was in trouble, they called up Japanese conscripts and equipped them with modern weaponry at the time. Remember, Japan didnt have iron weapons. Japan wasnt even an organized country, they were a colony controlled by the more powerful Korean kingdoms. Dont believe? Chinese records-The book of Sui states ""Silla and Baekje both take Wa to be a big country of treasure source, with many rare and precious things in Japan; also [Silla and Baekje] highly esteemed it [many rare and precious things], and regularly send their person there"".
Silla, Baekje and later Goguryeo colonized Japan and considered it a "treasure source" and regularly sent colonists to it. Thats very danming evidence and only Japanese historians deny it and claim that Koreans were somehow sending tribute to japan. As if that makes any sense lol.

To say that Wa somehow conquered two of Korea's three largest kingdoms at the time is downright laughable. No Chinese record mentions Wa defeating Shilla or Paekche at the time. None whatsoever. No Korean record mentions it either. The Gwangetto Stele is heavliy damaged and can be interpreted in many different ways so it doesnt count. Only a delusional Japanese historian can claim that Japan somehow defeat Korea.