What is the relationship between the main characters in the epitaph, Tuhu Kim Il-je, and King Seonghan? Did Tuhu Kim Il-je's country, Tuguk, really exist? Did the Huns really come down to the southern tip of the Korean peninsula? Will the mysterious secret of the epitaph of King Munmu ever be solved? What is the relationship between Tuhu Kim Il-je and King Seonghan? The epitaph of King Munmu reads, "Tuhu Jecheonjiyun Jeon 7yeop." Here, "Tuhu Jecheonjiyun" means the descendants of Tuhu who perform sacrifices to heaven. And "7yeop" means seven leaves, or the 7th generation. In other words, the descendants of "Tuhu Kim Il-je" who perform sacrifices to heaven have passed down for 7 generations. And then the expression "15th great-grandfather, King Seonghan" appears. Does this mean that Kim Il-je's 7th great-grandfather is King Seonghwan? King Munmu's 15th great-grandfather is Sehan, the son of Kim Al-ji. According to [Haedong Bigo], which was compiled by Chusa Kim Jeong-hui, the King Seonghan recorded in the epitaph of King Munmu is none other than 'Kim Alji'. The description of King Seonghan in the epitaph is analyzed to be almost identical to the story of Kim Alji. Therefore, it is believed that King Seonghan refers to Kim Alji, the founder of the Silla Kim clan. Did the country of Tuguk of Kim Il-je really exist? In China, the Kim (金) surname is the same as the surname that symbolizes the Xiongnu. Most of the Kim clan in China is the Xiongnu people who regard Tuguk Kim Il-je as their founder. At the entrance to Okhwamyo Village, Seongmu County, Hetaek City, Shandong Province, there was a sign indicating that this was the Tuguk of Kim Il-je. It is said that there was a Tuhu Temple in honor of Kim Il-je at the Tuguk Castle site. Also, the local residents call Tuguk Castle Kimseong (金成) or Geumseong. When the afforestation project began, there was a castle underground in this area that the Xiongnu people of Tuguk called 'Geumseong'. Is it a mere coincidence that the two names of the Tuhou country, Geumseong, named after Kim Il-je, and the capital of Silla, Geumseong, are the same? Was Silla a country founded by immigrants? A bronze coin, Hwacheon, used in the Xin Dynasty founded by Wang Mang has been excavated. The area where it was discovered is almost identical to the trade route from China to Japan via the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula. The descendants of Tuhou Kim Il-je, who participated in the Wang Mang Rebellion in China, were dispersed with Wang Mang’s assassination. There are several records in historical books such as the Samguk Sagi and the Samgukji Weizhi Dongyi Jeon that northern immigrants migrated to the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula whenever the political situation on the continent changed drastically. If so, isn’t it possible that the descendants of Tuhou Kim Il-je also migrated to Silla? King Munmu, who unified the three kingdoms, declares that he is a descendant of the Huns King Munmu, who achieved the feat of unifying the three kingdoms and even won the war against the Tang Dynasty. In his epitaph, only King Seonghan appears, with Park Hyeokgeose and Seok Tal-hae, the founders of Silla, disappearing. The inscription of King Munmu is the signpost that Silla is now the sole kingdom of the Kim clan. The confidence of the royal family of Silla Kim clan was such that they declared that their roots reached not only the progenitor of the Silla Kim clan, King Seonghan, but also the Xiongnu prince Tuhu Kim Ilje. The inscription of King Munmu was a black box of ancient history that contained the secret of how the Silla Kim clan grew into the ruler of the Korean peninsula. History Tracking Episode 2 The Secret of the Inscription of King Munmu, Part 2 - Why Did They Reveal They Were Descendants of the Xiongnu? (Broadcast on November 29, 2008) http://history.kbs.co.kr/