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A stomach rumble, also known as a bowel sound, peristaltic sound, abdominal sound, bubble gut or borborygmus (pronounced / ˌ b ɔːr b ə ˈ r ɪ ɡ m ə s /; plural borborygmi), is a rumbling, growling or gurgling noise produced by movement of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract as they are propelled through the small intestine by a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis. [1]
The creation of Korean History: New Edition was motivated by the desire to include new research about Korea in the text, as well as to address perceived shortcomings in the previous version. [1] It was published in 52 volumes, and covers ancient Korea until the 1948 establishment of South Korea.
The phrase "Precious Mirror" (보감 寶鑑) is a metaphorical idiom meaning 'something which can be modeled after'. Meanwhile, the phrase "Eastern Medicine" (동의 東醫) is not the antonym to 'Western Medicine'; "Dongguk" (동국 東國), meaning "Eastern Country," was one of the names of Korea, which means the country to the east of China ...
1145: Kim Bu-sik compiles the Samguk sagi, Korea's oldest extant history text. 1170: Yi Ŭi-bang overthrows Uijong of Goryeo, beginning a century of military rule known as the Goryeo military regime; 1231: The Mongol invasions of Korea begin; 1234: Ch'oe Yun-ŭi's Sangjeong Gogeum Yemun is published, world's first metal-block printed text.
Samguk sagi is critical to the study of Korean history during the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla periods. Not only because this work, and its Buddhist counterpart Samguk yusa, are the only remaining Korean sources for the period, but also because the Samguk sagi contains a large amount of information and details.
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The Tongguk t'onggam (Korean: 동국통감; RR: Dongguk tonggam; lit. Comprehensive Mirror of the eastern state), is a chronicle of the early history of Korea compiled by Sŏ Kŏjŏng [] (1420–1488) and other scholars in the 15th century.
According to its introduction, the text was compiled in 1911 by Gye Yeon-su (계연수, 桂延壽; died 1920) and supervised by Yi Gi (이기, 李沂; 1848–1909). The entire set of texts, of which the only extant version is a modern transcription by Yi Yu-rip [ ko ] published in 1979, is widely regarded as a forgery among academics.