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King Bojang

Last king of Goguryeo, enthroned by Yeon Gaesomun, who surrendered in 668

A nephew of King Yeongnyu, he took the throne after Yeon Gaesomun’s coup in 642, but real power lay with Yeon as Grand Mangniji. In 643, on Yeon’s advice, he brought Daoist priests and the Daodejing from Tang to promote Daoism. Emperor Taizong’s invasion of 645 was halted at Ansi Fortress. Taken to Tang in 668, he returned in 677 as governor of Liaodong, but was exposed plotting with the Malgal to restore Goguryeo and died in exile.

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3 related events

  1. 1
    AD 642Yeon Gaesomun’s Coupmonarch

    Yeon Gaesomun killed King Yeongnyu and his opponents, enthroned King Bojang and ruled as Dae-mangniji (supreme minister).

  2. 2
    AD 645Siege of Ansi Fortressmonarch

    Emperor Taizong of Tang took the Liaodong fortresses, but Ansi held out for 88 days and forced him to withdraw.

  3. 3
    AD 668Fall of Goguryeomonarch

    Allied Silla and Tang forces took Pyongyang and King Bojang surrendered, ending Goguryeo.

People who appear alongside

  • Yeon GaesomunAD 665

    Grand Mangniji of late Goguryeo who seized power in a coup and stood firm against Tang

  • Emperor Taizong of TangAD 598 – AD 649

    Second Tang emperor whose 645 invasion of Goguryeo stalled at Ansi Fortress

  • King MunmuAD 626 – AD 681

    Thirtieth king of Silla, who destroyed Goguryeo, expelled Tang and completed unification

Themes this person appears in

  • Wars of Korean UnificationAD 598 – AD 676

    From Goguryeo's wars with Sui and Tang to Silla's unification — eighty years of East Asian war on the peninsula

  • Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979

    From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model

  • Pyongyang194 BC – 2007

    From Wanggeom-seong of Gojoseon to the inter-Korean summits — capital of Goguryeo, Western Capital of Goryeo, the great city on the Taedong