Taejo Wang Geon

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11 related events

1. 1
   AD 901Gung Ye Founds Later Goguryeorelated figure

   Gung Ye, who had risen under the warlord Yanggil and taken Gangwon, Gyeonggi and Hwanghae, founded Later Goguryeo at Songak in 901.

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   AD 903Wang Geon Takes Najucommander

   Gung Ye’s general Wang Geon led a fleet to seize Geumseong and some ten other districts behind Later Baekje’s lines, renaming Geumseong as Naju.

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   AD 918Wang Geon Founds Goryeoleader

   Hong Yu, Bae Hyeon-gyeong, Sin Sung-gyeom and Bok Ji-gyeom overthrew Gung Ye and raised Wang Geon to the throne; he named the state Goryeo with the era name Cheonsu.

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   AD 927Battle of Gongsancommander

   After Gyeon Hwon sacked Gyeongju and drove King Gyeongae to his death, Wang Geon marched to Silla’s aid but was routed by Later Baekje at Dongsu on Mount Gongsan; Sin Sung-gyeom died in his place.

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   AD 930Battle of Gochangcommander

   Wang Geon crushed Gyeon Hwon’s Later Baekje army at Gochang (Andong), winning Goryeo the initiative among the Later Three Kingdoms.

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   AD 935Gyeon Hwon Defects to Goryeomonarch

   Deposed by his eldest son Singeom and confined at Geumsansa, Gyeon Hwon escaped and went over to Goryeo.

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   AD 935King Gyeongsun of Silla Submits to Goryeomonarch

   Silla’s last king, Gyeongsun, after consulting his court, surrendered his kingdom to Goryeo, ending 992 years of Silla.

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   AD 935 – AD 943Policies of Taejo and the Ten Injunctionsmonarch

   Wang Geon both embraced and checked the regional lords, pursued a northward policy, and left his successors the Ten Injunctions before he died.

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   AD 936Battle of Illicheoncommander

   Wang Geon, with Gyeon Hwon at his side, crushed Singeom’s Later Baekje army at Illicheon; Singeom surrendered at Hwangsan, Later Baekje fell and Goryeo reunified the Later Three Kingdoms.

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    AD 940Merit Land (Yeokbunjeon) Grantedmonarch

    Having reunified the Later Three Kingdoms, Taejo Wang Geon granted land to those who had served in the wars, by merit and character.

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    AD 942Manbugyo Bridge Incidentmonarch

    When the Khitan sent fifty camels, King Taejo exiled their envoys to an island as emissaries of the state that had destroyed Balhae, and left the camels to starve under Manbu Bridge.

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People who appear alongside

• Gyeon HwonAD 867 – AD 936

  Silla soldier from Gaeun in Sangju who founded Later Baekje at Wansan-ju in 900; deposed by his son Singeom, he defected to Goryeo

• Gung YeAD 918

  Monk said to be of Silla royal blood who rose under Yanggil, founded Later Goguryeo at Songak in 901 and renamed it Majin and Taebong; styling himself the Maitreya Buddha, he ruled harshly and was overthrown

• Sin Sung-gyeomAD 927

  Goryeo founding general who wore Wang Geon's armour at the Battle of Gongsan and died so that his king could escape

• King GyeongsunAD 978

  Last king of Silla, who surrendered the kingdom to Goryeo in 935 and was made sasimgwan of Gyeongju

• Yu Geum-pilAD 941

  Goryeo general who distinguished himself at the battles of Gochang and Illicheon

• Singeom

  Gyeon Hwon's eldest son, who confined his father at Geumsansa and took the throne, but surrendered to Goryeo after the Battle of Illicheon in 936

• Yanggil

  Late Silla strongman of Bugwon (Wonju) under whom Gung Ye rose, and who was later defeated by him

• King GyeongaeAD 927

  55th king of Silla, forced to kill himself when Gyeon Hwon stormed Gyeongju in 927

Themes this person appears in

• Changes in the Land SystemAD 687 – 1950

  From nogeup to the end of office land — how the rights granted to officials shrank, and gave way to modern land ownership

• Changes in TaxationAD 755 – 1894

  From land tax, tribute and labour to cash taxes in the Gabo Reform — burdens shifting from people and households to land

• 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

• 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

• GaeseongAD 901 – 2003

  From Wang Geon, lord of Songak, to the Kaesong Industrial Complex — Gaegyeong, Goryeo’s capital for five centuries, and home of the Song merchants

• Gyeongju57 BC – 1860

  Silla’s capital for a thousand years — tombs, pagodas, temples and bells from every age of Silla, and the birthplace of Donghak

• AndongAD 930 – 1940

  From the Battle of Gochang that helped found Goryeo to Yi Hwang’s Dosan Seowon — home of Goryeo wooden halls and Yeongnam Confucianism

• DaeguAD 689 – 1960

  Dalgubeol, where King Sinmun tried to move his capital — where the National Debt Repayment Movement and the 2·28 student protest began

• JeonjuAD 685 – 1894

  From Wansanju, capital of Later Baekje, to the ancestral seat of the Joseon royal house — where the Annals were saved and the Donghak army took the fortress