PersonAD 437 – AD 514

King Jijeung

Twenty-second ruler of Silla, who fixed the names Silla and wang (king), promoted ox ploughing and annexed Usan-guk

In 503 he fixed the country’s name as Silla, meaning "virtue renewed daily, embracing the four quarters." He encouraged ploughing with oxen and banned burying the living with the dead to preserve labour. He set up the Eastern Market in the capital with an office to supervise it, and created provinces and counties, sending Isabu as military governor of Siljik Province. In 512 he sent Isabu to subdue Usan-guk (Ulleungdo).

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AD 503King Jijeung’s Reformsmonarch
King Jijeung fixed the country’s name as Silla and the ruler’s title as wang (king), promoted ox ploughing and banned human sacrifice at burials.
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AD 512Isabu Conquers Usan-gukmonarch
Under King Jijeung, the general Isabu sailed with wooden lions to frighten the islanders of Usan-guk (Ulleungdo) into submission.

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Isabu
Silla general who subdued Usan-guk with wooden lions and later conquered Daegaya

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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
Ulleungdo and DokdoAD 512 – 1905
From Isabu’s conquest of Usan-guk to Imperial Decree No. 41 — two East Sea islands recorded as Korean throughout