Anthem of Zhenia

The "Spirit of Zhenia", also known as the "Swords of the East", is the of Zhenia. The song was written during the first stages of the Zhenian Civil War, as the first expeditionary forces of the Shindan Dynasty departed from Donggyeong in 1852. It was adopted as the formal military song of the Western Expeditionary Forces of the Shindan dynasty and later the Empire of Zhenia. It was chosen as the formal national anthem of the Republic of Zhenia in 1911.

Origins
The lyrics of the 'Spirit of Zhenia' originated from a poem written by Marco Jin, a member of the first Western Inspectors dispatched from the Shindan dynasty in the early 1840s as a part of Emperor Seongjo's plan to rapidly modernize the nation.