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Chinese
Etymology
Named after the rooster that alerted the Silla people of the chest.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
雞林
- Gyerim, a forest in western Gyeongju where the progenitor of the Kim clan, the ruling house of Silla, is said to have descended in a golden chest
- (~府) (official name from 1308 to 1413) Old name for 慶州/庆州 (Qìngzhōu, “Gyeongju”).
- (historical, by extension) Silla
- (historical, poetic, by extension) Korea
《雞林類事》 [MSC, trad.]
《鸡林类事》 [MSC, simp.]- “Jīlín lèishì”
- Jilin leishi (a Song-era book on Korea)