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Sign in to save'''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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'''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.
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.