朝鮮

蘇秦將爲從，北說燕文侯曰：燕東有朝鮮、遼東，北有林胡、樓煩，西有雲中、九原，南有呼沱、易水，地方二千里，帶甲數十萬。

Su Qin was about to advocate the Vertical Alliance, so he travelled to the north to consult with Marquis Wen of Yan. He said, “There is Chaoxian and Liaodong to the east of Yan, Linhu and Loufan to the north, Yunzhong and Jiuyuan to the west, and the Hutuo and the Yishui River to the south. Its territory spans over two thousand square li; hundreds of thousands of warriors are in full battle gear.”

1919年3月1日在朝鲜爆发的全民族性的反日爱国运动标志着这一高潮的到来。然而“三一”运动遭到了日本帝国主义的血腥镇压最终失败。其失败的原因主要有……其二，朝鲜民族主义者幻想从美国和巴黎和会那里“乞求”朝鲜独立，而不依靠朝鲜人民用武力实现朝鲜独立。“三一”运动失败后，朝鲜爱国志士无法在国内展开反日斗争，便纷纷流亡国外。

The nation-wide anti-Japanese patriotic March 1st Movement that erupted in Korea on 1 March, 1919 marked the arrival of this climax. However, the March 1st movement faced brutal suppression by Japanese imperialism and ultimately failed. The main reasons for its failure are…Secondly, Korean nationalists had the illusion of "pleading" for Korean independence from the United States and the Paris Peace Conference, rather than relying on armed resistance by the Korean people to achieve Korean independence. After the failure of the March 1st movement, patriotic Korean activists were unable to engage in domestic anti-Japanese struggles and consequently sought exile abroad.

若乃積素未虧，白日朝鮮，爛兮若燭龍，銜燿照崑山。

Then if the piled whiteness is not yet melted, it’s fresh in dawn’s sunlight flashing like the candledragon who face full of glimmer, lights K’un-lun Mountain.