Gaogouli

• Kaokouli, Kao-kou-li (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高句麗 / 高句丽 (Gāogōulí).

• enPR: gouʹgōʹlēʹ

Gaogouli

1. Synonym of Goguryeo: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, Yale University Press; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324:

     The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period. During the twentieth century, Chinese archaeologists mapped out more than 12,000 Gaogouli tombs at 32 localities in the Ji’an region; over 90 percent of them are located in the area surrounding Ji’an city and distributed in six cemetery zones. Hundreds of Gaogouli royal and aristocratic tombs (particularly those with painted murals) found at the site have advanced the study of the society, and culture. […] The tomb occupant has been suggested as King Changshou (Jangsu), the twentieth-generation king of Gaogouli during the fifth century CE.

   • 2006, Peter Hays Gries, “The Future of United States-China Relations: System-, State-, and Individual-Level Drivers”, in Jae Ho Chung, editor, Charting China's Future: Political, Social, and International Dimensions‎^[1], Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 149–150:

     Tensions have also emerged between Seoul and Beijing over whether the 1,400-year-old kingdom of Koguryo/Gaogouli is Korean or Chinese, sparking Korean fears about their massive neighbor's future intentions.

   • 2008 January 1, Yonson Ahn, “The Contested Heritage of Koguryo/Gaogouli and China-Korea Conflict”, in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus‎^[2], volume 6, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2025, page 1, column 1‎^[3]:

     The ancient kingdom, Koguryo/Gaogouli (37BC – 668AD) encompassed an area from central Manchuria to Primorsky Krai (the extreme Southeastern region of Russia) to the central part of the Korean peninsular at the height of its power, around the fifth century AD. Koguryo remains, including of walled towns, fortresses, palaces and tombs, as well as wall paintings and artifacts, have been found on both sides of the Chinese-North Korean border as well as in South Korea (the ROK).

   • 2013, Xing Yu, “History”, in Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization‎^[4], University Press of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 287:

     When two states encounter a territorial dispute about a piece of land across the borders of them or when the historians of the two states perform different interpretations of the belonging of the sovereignty of this piece of land, the paper work of chronicling history may become sensitive in politics or in international relations and the simple paper work of accumulating or sorting out historical materials may become a sensitive political issue. For example, in the early twenty-first century, the different descriptions and interpretations of the history of Gaogouli (Koguryo), an ancient kingdom located in an area within the current northeastern China, triggered a debate between the Chinese historians and the Korean historians. One program of studying the history of Gaogouli was ended quickly after the government of the Republic of Korea expressed its concern to the Chinese government about a research program called “a series of research programs of the history and status quo of the northeastern frontier” planned by one Chinese social science research institute.

   • 2013 March 13, Sheila Miyoshi Jager, “Domestic Politics, Pyongyang-Style”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 March 2013, Opinion‎^[6]:

     At issue was the history of Koguryo (Gaogouli in Chinese), one of the three ancient kingdoms of Korea (along with Paekche and Silla) in the third through seventh centuries. Chinese scholars claimed that, because part of the former territory of Koguryo now resides within China’s borders, its history ought to be considered Chinese, not Korean.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Gaogouli.