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Korea is a historical state in East Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : North Korea ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic of Korea ") and South Korea ( officially the " Republic of Korea "). Located on the ___MASK22___ Peninsula , Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the East Sea . Zhang Hua ( 232 -- 300 ) , courtesy name Maoxian (  ) , was a Jin Dynasty ( 265 - 420 ) official and poet . He was a native of Fangcheng County ( now Gu ' an County ) , Hebei . A courtesy name (" zi "), also known as a style name , is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one ' s given name . This practice is a tradition in East Asian cultures , including China , Japan , Korea , and Vietnam . Hebei ( postal : Hopeh ) is a province of China in the North China region . Its one - character abbreviation is "" ( Jì ), named after Ji Province , a Han Dynasty province (" zhou ") that included what is now southern Hebei . The name " Hebei " literally means " north of the river ", referring to its location entirely to the north of the Huang He  ( Yellow River ). The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China ( 206 BC  220 AD ), preceded by the Qin dynasty ( 221  206 BC ) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period ( 220  280 AD ). Spanning over four centuries , the Han period is considered a golden age in ___MASK13___ history . To this day , China ' s majority ethnic group refers to itself as the " Han people " and the ___MASK13___ script is referred to as " Han characters ". It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang , known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han , and briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty ( 9  23 AD ) of the former regent Wang Mang . This interregnum separates the Han dynasty into two periods : the Western Han or Former Han ( 206 BC  9 AD ) and the Eastern Han or Later Han ( 25  220 AD ).