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Shin Chae-ho(1880-1936) and Ham Sok-hon(1901-1989) were contemporary intellectuals sharing the experience in the period of the forced occupation of Korea by the Japanese imperial regime(1910-1945). Born 20 years apart, they were not in direct contact with each other, yet Shin is the only historian mentioned in Ham's "The History of Choseon from the Standpoint of the Sacred Scripture(Bible)" and we find in Ham's view of history some similarities with Shin's. This article aims at elucidating those similarities. I noticed the fact that when Ham wrote in serial his "The History of Choseon" in the journal "the Bible and Choseon" the most of Shin's writings had already been published, available to intellectuals. In his exposition on 'the rebellion of Myocheong,' Ham quotes Shin's reference to the incident as 'a prime event of Korean history since one thousand years before.' In view of the fact that Shin's article is found in the book "Excerpts from the Study of Korean History" published in 1929, Ham then apparently read the book. Shin's writings on history is confined mostly to the ancient history of Korea. The part of ancient era in Ham's 'Korean History' is found here and there overlapping with Shin's description. For instance, what are closely common in two historians' histories include: seeing the ancient history of Korea based on the theory of migration of the (Korean) nation; understanding about 'The Divine Chronicle'(Shin-ji); describing the history since Tan-gun as 'the period of various kingdoms.' There are disagreements in their views on Han-sagun. Yet they are in agreement in the perception of the three-kingdoms era with Koguryo at the center, perhaps because they highly rated the strength of Koguryo in resisting external powers, which was the foundation of independence movement against the colonialization by imperialist Japan. Shin regarded the period, the territory, and the people as three essential factors of history whereas Ham put emphasis on providence, also bearing in mind the theory of geographical conditions as decisive factors. Yet they are in concord in regarding people(minjung) as the protagonist of history. But Shin and Ham, unlike their arguments, don't seem to have succeeded in applying the view to their historiography of Korea. It remains a task to pursue further.

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