PersonAD 394 – AD 491

King Jangsu

Twentieth king of Goguryeo, who moved the capital to Pyongyang and took the Han River basin

He sent envoys to both Northern Wei and the Liu Song to secure the western border, and in 427 moved the capital from Gungnae Fortress to Pyongyang to push south. In response Baekje and Silla formed an alliance in 433. In 475, after reportedly sending the monk Dorim to drain Baekje’s strength, he took Hanseong in seven days and killed King Gaero. He extended Goguryeo south to a line from Asan Bay to Jungnyeong Pass, as the Goguryeo stele at Chungju shows. In 414 he raised the Gwanggaeto Stele recording his father’s deeds.

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5 related events

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AD 414Gwanggaeto Stele Erectedleader
King Jangsu raised a 6.39 m stele east of Gungnae-seong recording the deeds of his father, King Gwanggaeto.
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AD 427King Jangsu Moves the Capital to Pyongyangmonarch
King Jangsu moved the capital from Gungnae-seong to Pyongyang and turned Goguryeo’s expansion southward.
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AD 450Chungju Goguryeo Stelerelated figure
A stele Goguryeo raised at Chungju on the Namhan River — the only Goguryeo stele left on the peninsula, showing that Goguryeo reached the upper Namhan valley and held sway over Silla.
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AD 450General’s Tomb (Janggunchong), Ji’anrelated figure
A stepped stone-mound tomb at Gungnae, the Goguryeo capital (Ji’an, Jilin). Built of seven tiers of dressed granite, it is widely held to be the tomb of King Jangsu.
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AD 475Fall of Hanseong and Move to Ungjinmonarch
King Jangsu took the Baekje capital Hanseong with 30,000 troops and killed King Gaero; Baekje moved its capital to Ungjin (Gongju).

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King Gwanggaeto the GreatAD 374 – AD 413
Nineteenth king of Goguryeo, who used the era name Yeongnak, defeated Baekje, saved Silla from Wa and took Liaodong
King GaeroAD 475
Twenty-first king of Baekje, captured and killed when Hanseong fell to Goguryeo

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Changes in Tombs2000 BC – 1374
From dolmens to the tomb of King Gongmin — stone-mound, stone-mound wooden-chamber, stone-chamber and brick tombs, and how burial changed by kingdom and age
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
Seoul18 BC – 1988
From Hanseong Baekje to the June Democratic Struggle — the Han River land every kingdom fought for, and Joseon’s capital for five centuries
GongjuAD 475 – 1894
From Ungjin, Baekje’s second capital, to Ugeumchi — the town on the Geum River that became the heart of Chungcheong
ChungjuAD 450 – 1895
From the Goguryeo stele to Tangeumdae — Jungwon, the middle of the Namhan River route that the Three Kingdoms fought over