Yi Byeongdo

Yi Pyong-do
Hangul	이병도
Hanja
Revised Romanization	I Byeong-do
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Pyŏngdo
Pen name
Hangul	두계
Hanja
Revised Romanization	Dugye
McCune–Reischauer	Tugye

Yi Pyong-do (1896, Yongin – 1989) was a Korean historian. He is often associated with the Japanese colonial view of Korean history.

Although he is often associated with the Japanese colonial view of Korean history, he contribute an editorial to Joseon Ilbo about the Korean history in 1986, 3 years before he died. Some people say that this editorial was the voice of his conscience.

His contribution to Joseon Ilbo says:

Finally he published the history book titled "Introduction to ancient Korean history", which describes that Dangun and Gojoseon are not legend, and Nangnang Nation is different from Nangnang commandery. When he published the book, his disciples said it was the senility of an old man.

However, many of them, who criticize him, were also blamed for working for Japan Imperialism, during its domination over Korea (1910~1945). In addition, most of their research output are not academically worthy, but creature of their pseudohistorical delusion, which is not different from that of some Asian countries, such as Japan, India, and so on.

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