PersonAD 462 – AD 523

King Muryeong

Twenty-fifth king of Baekje, who sent royal kin to the 22 damno districts and revived the kingdom

On taking the throne he executed Baekga, King Dongseong’s killer, and repelled several attacks by Goguryeo and the Malgal. He repaired embankments and returned wandering people to the land, reviving agriculture. In a letter to Liang in 521 he declared that Baekje "had again become a strong country," and Emperor Wu of Liang named him General Who Pacifies the East. His tomb at Songsan-ri in Gongju is a brick tomb in the Southern Dynasties style; its epitaph stone, inscribed "General Who Pacifies the East, King Sama of Baekje," makes it a royal tomb whose occupant is certain.

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3 related events

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AD 501 – AD 523King Muryeong Revives Baekjemonarch
King Muryeong sent royal kin to govern the 22 damno districts and traded with the Liang dynasty, restoring Baekje’s strength.
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AD 501Assassination of King Dongseong of Baekjerelated figure
Out hunting west of Sabi, King Dongseong was stabbed by an assassin sent by Baekga, lord of Garim Fortress; King Muryeong succeeded him.
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AD 525Tomb of King Muryeongrelated figure
King Muryeong, who died in 523, was buried in a brick tomb at Songsan-ri, Gongju, in 525; it was found intact in 1971.

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King DongseongAD 501
Twenty-fourth king of Baekje, who allied with Silla by marriage and was killed by an assassin

Themes this person appears in

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
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
Crafts and MetalworkAD 346 – 1392
From the Seven-Branched Sword to mother-of-pearl lacquer — Three Kingdoms crowns, censers and daggers, the great bell of Unified Silla, Goryeo silver inlay and najeon
GongjuAD 475 – 1894
From Ungjin, Baekje’s second capital, to Ugeumchi — the town on the Geum River that became the heart of Chungcheong
Buyeo2000 BC – 1376
From the Songguk-ri village to Sabi, Baekje’s last capital — the Geum River town where Baekje culture bloomed and fell