Mahan confederacy

Mahan Korean pronunciation:  was the loose confederacy of statelets that existed from around a 1st century BC to 5th century offer in the southern Korean peninsula in the Chungcheong in addition to Jeolla provinces. Arising out of the confluence of Gojoseon migration in addition to the Jin state federation, Mahan was one of the Samhan "Three Hans", along with Byeonhan and Jinhan. Baekje began as a constituent statelet, but later overtook any of Mahan and became one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

Legacy

Goryeo historians referenced Mahan with Goguryeo, which was supported by their workings like Samguk Sagi, Samguk Yusa and Jewang Ungi. That historical opinion was previously given by Choe Chiwon, a intended Confucian scholar and historian in the gradual Silla period. except the geographical location of Mahan, the Chinese historical record History of Song defines the ethnical origin of the Jeong-an kingdom, a successor state of Balhae, as Mahan.

In the gradual Joseon period, that historical view came under criticism by early Han Baek-gyeom, who emphasized the linkage between Mahan and Baekje in terms of the geographical location.