The opinions are divided over the wall ink inscriptions at the Anak Tomb No. 3 of Goguryo between the idea that it is the epitaph of Toju and the idea that it is the record of the Controller Chief of the Camps written below it. The author reconfirmed that it is not a record but an epitaph and Toju is the occupant of the Anak Tomb No. 3 of Goguryo by statistically studying the characteristics of the written materials of the Anak Tomb No.3 of Goguryo and the materials of epitaph in the same period. In addition, it was pointed out that it is highly likely that the illegible ink inscription written above another Controller Chief of the Camps is the epitaph of the clan of Toju. He was born in Liaodong, Xi Jin, worked as an official after his hometown was held by the Xianbei Murong clan and was forced to defect to Goguryo because of the internal strife and the defeat of the force he backed. The Anak Tomb No. 3 is formed by the interactions and changes of various cultures as if it speaks for his checkered destiny.
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