NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dongseong of Baekje

Dongseong of Baekje (reigned 479–501) was the twenty-fourth king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the son of Gon Ji, the younger brother of King Munju who returned to Baekje from Yamato Japan in 477 after hearing of the fall of the Baekje capital. Gon Ji died in that year, and like Munju may have been murdered by Hae Gu. After Samgeun died without children, the throne passed to Dongseong. 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 End of the Song Dynasty and beginning of the Qi Dynasty in southern China. ... Events Qi He Di succeeds Qo Dong Hun Hou as ruler of the Chinese Qi Dynasty Pope Symmachus is accused of various crimes, but claims that the secular rulers have no authority over him. ... 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. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Yamato period (大和) (better known as the Kofun... Events Huneric becomes king of Vandals Aelle king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore. ...

Dongseong sent a tribute mission to the Southern Qi in 484, reopening Baekje’s ties with southern China after a long hiatus. He established an alliance with Silla through his marriage of a Silla noblewoman in 493, and the two countries united in attacking Goguryeo in 495. Qi Dynasty 齊朝 (479-502) was the second of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Liang Dynasty. ... Events December 28 - Alaric II succeeds Euric as king of the Visigoths. ... Silla (also denoted as Shilla) was one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. ... Events February 25 - Odoacer agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great, and is later killed by him personally. ... Events Cerdic of Wessex raids Hampshire. ...

In 498, the Baekje army subjugated Tamna, the kingdom on Jeju island which had formally accepted Baekje rule twenty-two years before. Events November 22 - Symmachus succeeds Anastasius as Pope. ... The kingdom of Tamna or Tamnaguk ruled Jeju Island from ancient times until it was absorbed by the Korean Joseon Dynasty in 1404. ...

Beginning in 499, the country was stricken by famine, but according to the Samguk Sagi the king was unresponsive. He continued to live an indulgent lifestyle while brigandage spread. In consequence, he was assassinated by his minister Baek Ga in 501. Events March 1 - Pope Symmachus makes Antipope Laurentius bishop of Nocera in Campania. ... Samguk Sagi (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. ...

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