Dangun

Also known as Tangun

'''Tan'gun (), also known as Tan'gun Wanggŏm''' (), was the legendary founder and first king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. He founded the first kingdom around the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the "grandson of heaven", "son of a bear", and to have founded the first kingdom in 2333 BC.

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Korean name/auto.image: File:Portrait of Dangun.jpg
Korean name/auto.caption: Portrait of Tan'gun (by Chae Yong-sin, 19–20th century)
Korean name/auto.hangul: ^단군_왕검
Korean name/auto.hanja: 檀君王儉

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Commons category: Dangun
floruit: 2333-00-00
native label: 선인왕검
date of death: 0425-00-00
date of birth: 2333-00-00

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Myth and interpretations
Dates
Historical perception
Appearances
In taekwondo
Mausoleum of Tan'gun
See also
References
Further reading

The earliest recorded version of the Tan'gun legend appears in the 13th-century Samguk yusa, which purportedly cites Korea's lost historical record, Gogi (; 'Ancient Record') and China's Book of Wei. However, there are no records related to Tan'gun in the current surviving version of the Book of Wei.