South Korea has demanded Donald Trump correcthis statement after saying Korea "used to be part ofChina" following his meeting with Chinese PresidentXi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
唐納德·特朗普在和中國國家主席習近平于佛羅里達州馬爾拉格度假村的別墅進行會晤時稱，“韓國曾是中國的一部分”，這之后，韓國政府已經要求特朗普更正這一不當言論。
"It's a clear fact acknowledged by the internationalcommunity that, for thousands of years of history,Korea has never been part of China," foreign ministryspokesman Cho June Hyuck told Bloomberg News inSeoul.
韓國外交部發言人趙俊赫在首爾接受彭博社采訪時表示：“國際社會所公認的是，在數千年的歷史上，韓國并非是中國的一部分�！�
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on April 12, Trump said that President Jinpingdiscussed the history of China and Korea.
在4月12日接受《華爾街日報》采訪時，特朗普稱，中國國家主席習近平曾就中國與韓國的歷史進行了討論。
"And you know, you're talking about thousands of years … and many wars. And Korea actuallyused to be a part of China. And after listening for 10 minutes, I realized that not — it's not soeasy," he recounted.
特朗普敘述道：“你知道的，這涉及到上千年的歷史以及許多場戰爭。而韓國曾經是中國的一部分，聽了十分鐘之后，我發現事情并沒有那么簡單�！�
According to Quartz, there are two times in history that the Korean Peninsula could be mistakenfor being part of China.
據媒體Quartz報道，朝鮮半島在歷史上曾經有兩次被誤認為并入中國版圖。
One was during the Han Dynasty when China created four "commanderies" in the northern partof the peninsula. Some Chinese historians argue that this makes Korea part of "Chinese localhistory."
一次是在漢朝，當時中國在朝鮮半島的北部設立了四個“郡”。而中國的一些歷史學家認為，這實際上已經將韓國納入了“中國地方志”當中。
The second moment was during the Mongol empire's rule in the 13th century.
而第二次則是在13世紀時蒙古帝國統治的時期。
