Chimnyu of Baekje (reigned 384–385) was the fifteenth king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of Geungusu of Baekje and Lady Ai. 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 Forum of Theodosius built in Constantinople. ... Events February 11 - Oldest Pope elected: Siricius, bishop of Tarragona. ... 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. ...

In 384, Chimnyu sent a tribute mission to Eastern Jin. The Chinese court sent a mission in return granting him a title, but they did not arrive until after his death. Events Forum of Theodosius built in Constantinople. ... The Jin Dynasty (晉 pinyin jìn, 265-420) followed the Three Kingdoms and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. ...

Also in 384, the Indian Buddhist monk Malananda came to Baekje from Eastern Jin. King Chimnyu welcomed him into the palace, and shortly thereafter adopted Buddhism. In 385, he ordered that a Buddhist temple be built at the Baekje capital of Hansan, and ten people became monks. Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... Events February 11 - Oldest Pope elected: Siricius, bishop of Tarragona. ...

See also

• Korean Buddhism
• History of Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

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