7193 BC-2333 BC

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• 7193 BC Han-In (Lord of Heaven), establishes a country 50,000-li north to south and 20,000-li east to west, called Han-guk. It comprises of twelve nations. This is believed to be a tribal league in the nationalist circles, the formation of the ethnic entity: DONGYI.

• 7193 BC - 3898 BC Han-guk is ruled by seven in succession by seven Han-In's (Han-In is probably a title of a ruler, rather than a personal name)

• 3898 BC establishment of Bak-dal Nara, the first Dongyi state. Its territories are as follows: (farthest extent in each direction)

• North-Lake Baykal vicinity. Stanovoy mountains
• South-Yangzi river (includes present Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Anhui)
• East-Russian Maritime provinces
• West-Dunhuang

• 3898 BC-3804 BC Reign of first Han-ung (a title, not a name), Kuh-bal-han
• 3804 BC-3718 BC Reign of second Han-ung, Kuh-bul-li
• 3718 BC-3619 BC Reign of third Han-ung, U-ya-go
• 3619 BC-3512 BC Reign of fourth Han-ung, Mo-sa-ra

• 3528 BC The son of crown prince Tae-u-ui, Tae-ho, annexes territory held by Hua (ancestors of the Han Chinese) chieftain Zhuiren. He introduces animal husbandry and agriculture to the annexed area, also devising the Eight Trigrams. In Chinese history, Taeho is known as Fuxi, or Ox Tamer

• 3512 BC-3419 BC Reign of fifth Han-ung, Tae-u-ui
• 3419 BC-3321 BC Reign of sixth Han-ung, Da-ui-bal
• 3321 BC-3240 BC Reign of seventh Han-ung, Kuh-ryon
• 3240 BC-3167 BC Reign of eighth Han-ung, An-bu-ryon

• 3168 BC Han-ung An-bu-ryon orders General So-jeon (Shao dian) to lead troops to administer the former annexed territories. His son, Shin-nong, introduces medicine and advanced agriculture to the area. Shin-nong is known in Chinese history as Shen-nong, or Divine Farmer

• 3167 BC-3071 BC Reign of ninth Han-ung, Yang-un

• 3071 BC-2971 BC Reign of tenth Han-ung, Gal-go
• During his reign: descendents of Shin-nong earns right of self-rule within the annexed territories. First formal border established with Bakdal Nara

• 2971 BC-2879 BC Reign of eleventh Han-ung, K-ya-bal
• 2879 BC-2774 BC Reign of twelfth Han-ung, Ju-mu-shin
• 2774 BC-2707 BC Reign of thirteenth Han-ung, Sa-wa-ra

• 2707 BC-2598 BC Reign of fourteenth Han-ung, Ja-o-ji
• During his reign: Begins mass production of steel and bronze weapons such as swords, spears, armor, helmet, arrow tips, etc. When Yumang (Yuwang), descendent of Shin-nong, tries to reach the coast by military means, the Han-ung's army crushes them and occupies their capital, Gongsang (Kongsang, in present Shandong). Then the native chieftain Heon-won (Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor) issues challenge, whom the Han-ung defeats is 73 successive battles, and makes him a vassal. Heonwon is given the title Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) by the Han-ung, who is also known as Chi-u (Ciyou)

• 2598 BC-2509 BC Reign of fifteenth Han-ung, Chi-aek-teuk
• 2509 BC-2453 BC Reign of sixteenth Han-ung, Chuk-da-ri
• 2453 BC-2381 BC Reign of seventeenth Han-ung, Hyuk-da-sae

• 2381 BC-2333 BC reign of eighteenth Han-ung, Kuh-bul-dan. he is the father of the first Tangun, Im-gom

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	The Wei Shu tells us that two thousand years 
ago, at the time of emperor Yao, Tangun Wanggôm chose 
Asadal as his capital and founded the state of Chos&circon.  
The Old Record notes that in olden times Hwanin's 
sone, Hwanung, wished to descend from heaven and live in the 
world of human beings.  Knowing his son's desire, Hwanin 
surveyed the three highest mountains and found Mount 
T'aebaek the most suitable place for his son to settle and 
help human beings.  Therefore he gave Hwanung three heavenly 
seals and dispatched him to rule over the people.  Hwanung 
descended with three thousand followers to a spot under a 
tree by the Holy Altar atop Mount T'aebaek, and he called 
this place the City of God.  He was the Heavenly King 
Hwanung.  Leading the Earl of Wind, the Master of Rain, and 
the Master of Clouds, he took charge of some three hundred 
and sixty areas of responsibility, including agriculture, 
allotted lifespans, illness, punishment, and good and evil, 
and brought culture to his people.

	At that time a bear and a tiger living in the same cave 
prayed to Holy Hwanung to transform them into human beings.  
The king gave them a bundle of sacred mugworts and twenty 
cloves of garlic and said, "If you eat these and shun the 
sunlight for one hundred days, you will assume human form."  
Both animals ate the spices and avoided the sun.  After 
twenty-one days the bear became a woman, but the tiger, 
unable to observe the taboo, remained a tiger.  Unable to 
find a husband, the bear-woman prayed under the alter tree 
for a child.  Hwanung metamorphosed himself, lay with her, 
and begot a son called Tangun Wanggôm.

	In the fiftieth year of the reign of Emperor Yao, 
Tangun made the walled city of P'yôngyang the capital 
and called his country Chosôn.  He then moved his 
capital to Asadal on Mount Paegak, also named Mount Kunghol, 
whence he ruled for fifteen hundred years.  When, in the 
year kimyo [1122 BC], King Wu of Chou enfeoffed Chi 
Tzu to Chosôn, Tangun moved to Changdangyông, 
but later he returned and hid in Asadal as a mountain god at 
the age of one thousand nine hundred and eight.