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==History== [[Image:Geomungo 11 string.jpg|left|thumbnail|An 11-stringed modern ''geomungo'']] The ''geomungo'' originated circa the 4th century (see [[Anak Tomb No.3]] infra) through the 7th century from the kingdom of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]], although the instrument can be traced back to the 4th century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.culturecontent.com/content/contentView.do?search_div=CP_THE&search_div_id=CP_THE008&cp_code=cp0225&index_id=cp02250023&content_id=cp022500230001&print=Y |title=거문고 - 문화콘텐츠닷컴 |access-date=2018-04-14 |archive-date=2018-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233843/https://www.culturecontent.com/content/contentView.do?search_div=CP_THE&search_div_id=CP_THE008&cp_code=cp0225&index_id=cp02250023&content_id=cp022500230001&print=Y |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the ''[[Samguk Sagi]]'' (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms), written in 1145, the ''geomungo'' was invented in the 6th century by prime minister [[Wang San-ak]] by remodeling the form of the ancient Chinese instrument ''[[guqin]]'' (''gogeum'', also called ''chilhyeongeum'', literally "seven-string zither"). After his death, the instrument was passed down to Ok Bogo, Son Myeong-deuk, Gwi Geum, An Jang, Cheong Jang, and Geuk Jong, while being widely spread over the kingdom. However, [[National Gugak Center]] of Korea raises the possibility that the geomungo originated from a traditional musical instrument of Goguryeo before Guqin was introduced.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.gugak.go.kr/ency/topic/view/88 | title=거문고 국립국악원 국악사전 | website=Gugak Dictionary of National Gugak Center | date= 2022 |language=ko}}</ref> Meanwhile, Japanese scholars claim that the predecessor of geomungo was Wo Konghou(卧箜篌), a fretted bridge zither that was used in China since at least the Western Han Dynasty, and opinion about predecessor of Geomungo is still discussed among East Asian Scholars.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Study of Names of Geomungo in Classical Literatures | journal=The Studies of Korean Language and Literature | date=2011 | issue=40 | pages=285–326 |url=https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART001553717|language=ko | last1=Jung | first1=Ha Un }}</ref> Archetype of the instrument is painted in [[Goguryeo]] tombs. They are found in the tomb of Muyongchong and [[Anak Tomb No.3]].<ref name=":0" />
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