雞林

Named after the rooster that alerted the Silla people of the chest.

雞林

1. 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

   • 楓葉雞林已改柯，甄萱不是滅新羅 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     枫叶鸡林已改柯，甄萱不是灭新罗 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 16th century, 曺植 (Jo Sik), 《鮑石亭在慶州》 (Poseokjeong at Gyeongju), 《南冥文集》

     fēngyè Jīlín yǐ gǎi kē, Zhēn Xuān bùshì miè Xīnluó [Pinyin]

     Gyerim's maple leaves have already changed [the color of] their boughs / so it was not Gyeon Hwon who brought Silla to ruin

2. (～府) (official name from 1308 to 1413) Old name for 慶州／庆州 (Qìngzhōu, “Gyeongju”).
3. (historical, by extension) Silla

   • 伊昔雞林之國全盛時，馬州屬我版籍無東憂 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伊昔鸡林之国全盛时，马州属我版籍无东忧 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1643, 趙絅 (Jo Gyeong), 《望馬州》 (On looking at Tsushima), 《東槎錄》

     yīxī Jīlín zhī guó quánshèng shí, Mǎzhōu shǔ wǒ bǎnjí wú dōng yōu [Pinyin]

     In the heydays of the Gyerim country, in times of old / Tsushima being in our land registers, there was no worry from the east

4. (historical, poetic, by extension) Korea

   《雞林類事》 [MSC, trad.]
   《鸡林类事》 [MSC, simp.]

   “Jīlín lèishì” [Pinyin]

   Jilin leishi (a Song-era book on Korea)