Lelang Commandery
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Lelang Commandery in the early 4th century as the only remaining Han commandery proper. | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 樂浪郡 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乐浪郡 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 낙랑군 (S) 락랑군 (N) | ||||||
| Hanja | 樂浪郡 | ||||||
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| Kanji | 楽浪郡 | ||||||
| Hiragana | らくろうぐん | ||||||
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The Lelang Commandery was a commandery of the Han dynasty established after it had conquered Wiman Chosŏn in 108 BCE and lasted until Goguryeo conquered it in 313 CE. The Lelang Commandery extended the rule of the Four Commanderies of Han as far south as the Han River in present-day South Korea. South Korean scholars have described its administrative areas as being limited to the Pyongan and Hwanghae regions, whose southern bounds lie roughly 75 miles north of the Han River.