PoliticsReigned 501–523

King Muryeong Revives Baekje

King Muryeong sent royal kin to govern the 22 damno districts and traded with the Liang dynasty, restoring Baekje’s strength.

Gold diadem ornaments of King Muryeong from his tomb — Gongju National Museum
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After the move to Ungjin, King Munju was murdered by a noble and King Dongseong fell to an assassin. Muryeong, crowned in 501, executed Dongseong’s killer Baekga, repeatedly beat back Goguryeo and the Malgal, repaired embankments and sent drifting people back to the land.

In 521 he told the Liang court that Baekje had "become strong once again", and Emperor Wu named him Great General Who Pacifies the East. His epitaph stone calls him "Great General Who Pacifies the East, Sama, King of Baekje".

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States and rulers at the time: Baekje — King Muryeong
Places: Ungjin (Gongsanseong)

People

King MuryeongAD 462 – AD 523
monarch · Twenty-fifth king of Baekje, who sent royal kin to the 22 damno districts and revived the kingdom

Before and after

Earlier: AD 500 Silla Pottery and Clay Figurines
Later: AD 501 Assassination of King Dongseong of Baekje

Themes that include this event

Local Administration Through the AgesAD 250 – 1896
From the five regions of the Three Kingdoms through nine provinces, the five circuits and two frontiers and the eight provinces to the thirteen — how directly the centre came to rule the regions
GongjuAD 475 – 1894
From Ungjin, Baekje’s second capital, to Ugeumchi — the town on the Geum River that became the heart of Chungcheong