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Encyclopedia > Chungnyeol of Goryeo
Chungnyeol of Goryeo
Hangul: 충렬왕
Hanja: 忠烈王
Revised Romanization: Chungnyeol-wang
McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ungnyǒl-wang

Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236-1308, r. 1274-1308) was the 25th ruler of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne. Hangul (한글) 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. ... The Goryeo (also Koryo) kingdom ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392. ...


Chungnyeol was the first Goryeo ruler to be remembered by the title wang, meaning "king." Previous rulers had received posthumous names with the suffix jo or jong, meaning "revered ancestor." The Mongol Empire found this threatening and ordered that the Goryeo rulers could not receive such names henceforth. A posthumous name (諡號/謚號 Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji: shigō/tsuigō; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ... The Mongol Empire (1206–1368) was the largest contiguous empire in world history. ...


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The Goryeo kingdom ruled Korea from the fall of Silla in 935 until the founding of Joseon in 1392.
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