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Biyu of Baekje (reigned 427–455) was the twentieth king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to Japanese accounts, he was an illegitimate child. Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Events Pyongyang is declared the capital of Goguryeo by king Jangsu Births Deaths December 24 - Sisinius I, Patriarch of Constantinople Categories: 427 ... Events June 2 - Gaiseric leads the Vandals into Rome and plunder the city for two weeks. ... Baekje was a kingdom in southwestern Korea. ... The Three Kingdoms of Korea were Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea is usually considered to run from the 4th century CE until Sillas triumph over Goguryeo in 668. ...

The traditional dates of Biyu's rule are based on the Samguk Sagi. On the basis of more contemporaneous Chinese records, Best (1979) has suggested that the years 428 or 429–455 are more plausible. Samguk Sagi (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. ... Events April 10 - Nestorius is made Patriarch of Constantinople. ... Events Vandals under Geiseric cross from Spain into Roman Africa Pope Celestine I dispatches bishops Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Britain to combat Pelagian heresy. ... Events June 2 - Gaiseric leads the Vandals into Rome and plunder the city for two weeks. ...

In 430, Chinese chronicles record a tribute mission arriving at the Song dynasty court from King Biyu. The court then confirmed Biyu in the titles conferred upon his father. Additional tribute missions were sent in 440, 443, and 450. Events Saint Patrick reaches Ireland on his missionary expedition. ... The Song Dynasty (宋朝, previous spelling Sung) (420-479) was first of the four Southern Dynasties in China, followed by the Qi Dynasty. ... Events September 29 - Leo succeeds Sixtus as Pope. ... Events The Burgundians create a kingdom on the banks of the Rhone Attila destroys Naissus. ... Events August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria. ...

Within the Korean peninsula, Biyu sought to strengthen Baekje’s relationship with Silla, exchanging ambassadors in 433 and 434. Although Silla was a protectorate of Goguryeo at this time, Silla and Baekje now allied themselves against Goguryeo. The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ... Events Petronius Maximus becomes Roman Consul John of Antioch and Cyril of Alexandria sign the Formula of Reunion, thus ending their conflict over the Nestorian controversy and the Council of Ephesus. ... Events Aetius a general in the service of emperor Valentinian III holds power in Rome for twenty years. ...

References

Best, J.W. (1979). "Notes and questions concerning the Samguk sagi's chronology of Paekche's kings Chonji, Guishin, and Piyu". Korean Studies 3, 125–134.

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