PersonAD 592 – AD 667
Su Dingfang
Tang general who crossed the sea with 130,000 troops to attack Baekje
Where they went
2 related events
- 1
A Baekje stone pagoda on the site of Jeongnimsa in the heart of the Sabi capital — the refined culmination of Baekje’s stone pagodas modelled on timber ones.
- 2
Allied Silla and Tang forces took the capital Sabi, and King Uija surrendered, ending Baekje.
People who appear alongside
- King UijaAD 660
Last king of Baekje, who took Daeya Fortress from Silla but surrendered to the Silla–Tang allies
- Kim Yu-sinAD 595 – AD 673
Silla general of Geumgwan Gaya royal descent who defeated Gyebaek and led the unification wars
- King Muyeol (Kim Chun-chu)AD 603 – AD 661
Twenty-ninth king of Silla, who forged the Tang alliance, became the first jingol king and conquered Baekje
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
- Changes in PagodasAD 634 – 1467
From Baekje stone pagodas copying timber ones and Silla pagodas copying brick ones, to Unified Silla three-story pagodas and stupas, Goryeo multi-sided pagodas and Yuan-influenced marble towers
- Intangible and World Heritage2000 BC – 1850
From the dolmens to Namhansanseong on the World Heritage List, from Jongmyo ritual music to ssireum on the Intangible Heritage lists — where each came from and when it was inscribed
- 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