Yi Deokil
Yi Deokil is a South Korean pseudohistorian. He falsely claims to be a historian and more aptly claims to be a "critic of history."
[edit] Claims
He would have a Wikipedia of crazy shit. Here on Naver;
- 520 soldiers were a lot in 17th-century Korea, with about 5 million people, a thousand times more than 520. In fact, ordinary royal processions regularly involved thousands of soldiers. Considering that '520 soldiers' accompanied the death of the Crown Prince, we're not sure how he can even call it 'grand'. Also, all texts of the time say that people were worried about there being so few soldiers ready to guard the body.[1]
- His Classical Chinese is so poor that he mistakes 廟 (Miào, shrine) for 塋 (Yíng, tomb). Sadly, this makes poor Crown Prince have to walk 40 kilometers to some tomb, when he actually went to a shrine 300 meters away.[1]
- He thinks a political faction called 'Noron' has controlled Korea since 1700. Actually, they formed in 1721, seized power in 1726, and vanished in 1801. Norons also killed 60% of all Korean monarchs, an assassination rate that has never been seen in history. It's like his version of the Masons. They also believed in Confucianism, his version of Satanism. They also control prestigious universities in Korea, the SKY (Seoul. Koryeo.Yeonse), causing young historians to turn
saneinto Norons.[1] - What mainstream historians say actually don't matter, because they're too tainted with 'Noron-ism' and 'Japan-ism'. This fallacy is so obvious that we wonder what he was thinking when he presented this argument. This is also very handy when presented with a good refutation by sane historians.[1]
- The assassin fed the king poisoned chicken and potatoes. So the assassin tried to commit suicide by poisoning himself. That failed, and he became this guy, who turned out to live until 83. Impressive for an alleged self-poisoner. [2]
- There was no war between Gojoseon and the Han Dynasty, because the Han was too busy fighting the Xiongnu. What does this mean? Really, it's like "The United States couldn't have fought Japan in World War II, because they were too busy fighting Hitler." Like Hitler and Hirohito, Gojoseon and the Xiongnu were allies, and it made sense for the Han Dynasty to destroy Gojoseon aid to Xiongnu.[3]
- So Gojoseon did not fall in BCE 108, despite there being no Chinese texts proving that. Somehow, the Chinese knew about Japan, but not about post-108 Gojoseon, supposedly tens of times bigger than Japan. Yi responded by saying that 'Wo' in the Chinese annals are actually Korea. A Chinese seal saying "granted to the King of Wo by Emperor Guangwu" was discovered in Japan. He responded by saying that the seal was a hoax, when both Chinese and Japanese documents say that there is such a seal. No such seal has been found in Korea.[3]
- There are a lot of Chinese relics around Pyongyang. He has a lot of arguments for this one;
It's because of a Han Dynasty invasion in CE 38! In fact, many artifacts have been dated to the first century BCE. Also, if Yi is right, it doesn't make sense for China to invade Pyongyang, since there would have been a powerful Korean empire just east of Beijing.[3]
It's all imported by Koreans! This also doesn't fit with Yi's version of history, because most imported stuff are in population centers, not fringes of civilization, which is what Yi seems to think Pyongyang was. Also, why would 'Koreans' in Pyongyang import Chinese housing styles and religion? Maybe 'Koreans' were being sinicized, which is the only solution for Yi to be right.[3]
it's all Japanese hoaxes! Japan would have had to be God to hoax two museumfuls of artifacts in three months. Also, Yi will need to deal with 'North Korean hoaxes', since a population census of China was discovered in the Kim Il Sung age.[3]
It's all Chinese slaves! In fact, if this was true, then there would have to be African artifacts, African population censuses by African governments, and African temples to African deities in the Slave States.
[edit] Followers
Unlike Norons, some people follow Yi Deokil and sue people who dare chanllenge his omniscience on the Internet, by saying that they spread false rumors about Yi. They are not false.[1] The ref before is an example of a sued refuter, who dare challenged his prophecies claims about ancient Sino-Korean relationships.
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 http://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=11&dirId=111001&docId=153972915&qb=7J20642V7J28&enc=utf8§ion=kin&rank=1&search_sort=0&spq=0&pid=RR7eLU5Y7uCsssTpiDCsssssssl-038159&sid=UULRNXJvLCkAAAWpUck
- ↑ http://cafe.naver.com/heestoria/489
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 http://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=11&dirId=111001&docId=113735943&qb=7J20642V7J28&enc=utf8§ion=kin&rank=4&search_sort=0&spq=0&pid=RRdXmF5Y7twsscI6nmhsssssstK-154217&sid=UUQuhnJvLBwAAH6KEJE