Switch from BC to BCE?
Hi Asieon, I was just wondering if you had any particular reason why you changed the Gojoseon page from BC to BCE? I know technically BCE can be used, but a strong number of the pages I've seen on this website (like Ancient Carthage, Roman Republic, etc to the point where I actually cant really recall that many BCE pages given how uniformly BC has been used) have been using BC and I was wondering if you had any reason behind that. I haven't reverted your edits because I do appreciate a lot of the work you have been doing on this website and was curious your reasoning behind the BC/BCE edits. Sunnyediting99 (talk) 22:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hello, I use BCE/CE, also known as the Common Era convention, due to it being a secular way of marking the Gregorian or Julian calendar.
- IMO, BC/AD, also known as the Anno Domini, should be avoided in scholarly circles as it is clearly written on the dedicated page itself.
- Hope that clears things up. Asieon『✉』 02:11, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
Your comment on "cherrypicking for a certain narrative" is simply not true
You mentioned that King Gojong thus decided that the Korean Empire be officially named 대한제국(大韓帝國) in reference to the unity of the proto-Koreanic statelets of the South but this statement is simply not true. Yours is coming from a misunderstanding on the concept of Samhan itself which is a term that later came to refer to Korea as a united entity composed by Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. The Legacy page was a far stretch that would have bewildered many Koreans because of how it was misguiding. South Korea doesn't put emphasis on Samhan simply because of its geographical positioning neither does it promote a single period in time to represent itself its modern identity. I recommend you search about the ideology known as the 'Three Hans as One' 삼한일통(三韓一統) promoted by Silla during the mid 7th century. It was an identity that was adopted by all three Koreanic kingdoms as Goguryeo and Baekje refugees referred to themselves as one of the Three Han.
The adoptation of the official name of Korea comes from this 'Three Hans as One' altogether becoming a Greater Han (大韓) where the descendants of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla forms a greater Korean nation. ~2026-34725-62 (talk) 06:17, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- You are mistaken. Goguryeo was never part of the "Han" sphere due to it never stemming from one. The Three Han, or Samhan specifically entails Mahan, Byeonhan and Jinhan, three confederacies that share zero history/origin with Goguryeo.
- 家爲看烟南蘇城一家爲國烟新來註韓穢
- It is even stated in the Gwanggaeto Stele that the Han's and Ye's were considered different from the Goguryeo people. So what you are professing is a political propaganda spread by Unified Silla under the Gol system trying to unify the recently subjugated kingdoms within the peninsula. It is unfair to therefore ignore Goguryeo's own perspective of their identity in favor of Silla's agenda for a peaceful unification. There is a reason why Parhae became the self-proclaimed successor of Goguryeo, and it was because it never considered itself as "Han".
- You also claim the statement regarding Gojong to be false, but it is specifically said that the name is based on Samhan. Now, you can dispute which countries were being directed at within the contemporary context, but the origin/legacy of the word itself stems from the three Han confederacies because it was what they were called. Trying to discredit the name's etymology in favor of whatever Unified Silla/Goryeo was trying to propagate is not only dishonest, but misleading. Hence, why I believe the legacy section is better off being removed. Asieon『✉』 06:39, 14 June 2026 (UTC)