The Secret of ‘Chiljido’(七支刀, ‘Seven-Branched Sword’) - The location of Gokna Iron Mountain(谷那鐵山), the meaning of Crown Prince Gisaeng seongeum (王世子 奇生聖音), the meaning of Byeong-o Il Jeongyang(丙午日 正陽)

The method of writing a thesis is to organize (retranslate) sentences and analyze them using the hypothetico-deductive AEIO diagram. In the Nihon Shoki(『日本書紀』), it is said that the Ghosthelpher(鬼功女) conquered the Gogum-Silla Kingdom (栲衾新羅國) and seven countries including Silla (新羅), and received tributes such as the ‘Chiljido(七支刀, Seven-Branched Sword)’ sent by Baekje. Japan discovered the ‘Chiljido’ with an inscription in 1874, and designated it as Japanese National Treasure and Archaeological Material No. 15 in 1953. This paper reinterprets (and translates) three sentences. First, in the Nihon Shoki, “臣國以西有水源出自谷那鐵山” is interpreted as “Baekje is to the west [of Wa 倭], and the source of the water for Baekje’s capital comes from Gokna Iron Mountain,” and the location of the Han mainland’s ‘Gokna Iron Mountain(谷那鐵山) ≒Nangja Valley Castle(娘子谷城)’ is considered to be the Jincheon Seokjang-ri Jecheon Historic Site based on the Mihocheon- Baekgokcheon- Hancheoncheon- Seokjangcheon in the upper reaches of the Geumgang(錦江) River. Second, the meaning of “Crown Prince Gisaeng seongeum (王世子 奇生聖音)” is “the crown prince’s sacred voice (聖音, baby's survival cry) after a strange birth(奇生, difficult birth).” King Wideok (554~598 , Crown Prince Yeochang 餘昌) was born in 524 in the capital of Ungjin(475~538) on the Geumgang River. Third, the meaning of the famous phrase “Byeong-o day Jeongyang (丙午日 正陽)” is that Byeong-o (丙午) is a time when the FIRE energy(火氣) is full. Chiljido was produced at 12:00 noon(正午) on the 16th day(丙午日) of the 1st month(丙午月) of the Byeong-o year (526 AD, 丙午年) according to the Baekje Orginal calendar, Repeat 3 times, “Byeong-o” (三“丙午”) and Repeat 4 times, “O” (四“午”). Baekje King Seong (百濟, 聖王, 523~554) gives it to Wae Chief (Gyeche, Ancient Japanese lord, 倭侯王 繼體 507-531).