(XVII. 22.) openly. They retired to Ohoshima and sent a clerk specially, by whom the grant to Pu-yö[1] was effected. Owing to this, Kara allied itself to Silla[2] and bred hatred against Japan. The King of Kara married the King of Silla's daughter, who eventually had issue by him. When Silla first sent a daughter, 100 men were sent away with her as her escort. When they were received, they were dispersed throughout the districts of the country, and allowed to wear the Silla costume. But Arasăteung[3] railed at their strange[4] garments and sent messengers to return them secretly. Silla felt greatly insulted. He changed his mind and tried to get his daughter back, saying:—"Formerly, when I received thy marriage proposals, I sanctioned the alliance. But since matters are now so, I request that the Princess may be restored to me." Kwi-pu-ri Chika of Kara [unclear] answered and said:—"How can husband and wife be sundered again when they have once become united? Moreover there are children. What will become of them if they are abandoned?" In the end it came to pass that (Silla) captured the three castles of To-ka, Ko-phi, and Phona mura.[5] He also took five castles on the northern frontier.
In this month Afumi no Kena no Omi was sent to Ara[6] to urge Silla, in the Emperor's name, to re-establish Southern
- ↑ Puyö or Fuyu is an ancient name of Pèkché. It is properly the name of a region north of Corea whence the Pèkché royal family derived their origin. Southern Puyö was adopted as the official name of Pèkché in A.D. 538, according to the "Tongkam," V. 14.
- ↑ The "Tongkam" (A.D. 522) speaks of Silla giving a lady of royal blood (though not the king's daughter) in marriage to Kaya. The two kings had a friendly meeting in 527.
- ↑ A note to the "Shukai" says that Arishito (or Arasăteung, according to the Corean pronunciation of the characters) was the King of Kara. No doubt some high official is intended. See Vol. I. p. 166.
- ↑ Silla, according to the "Tongkam," first regulated official costume, no doubt on the Chinese model, in A.D. 520. It was apparently these garments that excited the reprobation of Kara.
- ↑ Mura is apparently the same as the Japanese word mura, village. There is a Corean word muri, assemblage, which seems to be the same root. An old Chinese author says that the Silla word for castle or city is kien-mu-la. Kien, I imagine, is kheun, great, and mula is for mura. See below, XVII. 24.
- ↑ One of the ten provinces of Imna, says the "Shukai" editor.
