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===Wi Man=== [[Wi Man]] was a military officer of the [[Principality of Yan|Yan]] of northeastern China who fled to the northern Korean peninsula in 195 BCE from the encroaching [[Han dynasty]].<ref name=bar0-11/> He founded a principality with [[Wanggeom-seong]] as its capital, which is thought to be in the region of present-day Pyongyang.<ref name=bar0-11/> The 3rd-century Chinese text ''[[Weilüe]]'' of the ''[[Sanguozhi]]'' recorded that Wi Man usurped [[Jun of Gojoseon|King Jun]] and thus took over the kingship of Gojoseon.<ref name=bar0-11/><ref>This may explain why the [[Jinhan confederacy|Jinhan]] people claim that they are descendants of the [[Qin dynasty]].</ref>
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