Xuantu Commandery

Xuantu Commandery
Chinese name
Chinese玄菟郡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuántú Jùn
Korean name
Hangul현도군
Hanja玄菟郡
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHyeondo-gun
McCune–ReischauerHyŏndo-kun
Four Commanderies of Han

Xuantu Commandery (Chinese: 玄菟郡; Korean: 현도군) was a commandery of the Chinese Han dynasty. It was one of Four Commanderies of Han, established in 107 BCE in the northern Korean Peninsula and part of the Liaodong Peninsula, after the Han dynasty conquered Wiman Joseon. Xuantu moved its capital to Liaodong in 75 BC due to native resistance and the area formerly under the Lintun Commandery was transferred to the Lelang Commandery. Xuantu was conquered by Goguryeo in 319 AD.[1]

  1. ^ Park 2013, p. 203-204.