Gogukcheon was the ruler of the Korean Goguryeo state from 179 to 196 CE. He was the son of King Sindae (신대왕, 新大王). 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. ... Goguryeo (also known as Koguryo; : Gāogōulí) (37 BC-668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. ... Events Roman fort Castra Regina (fortress by the river Regen) was built at Regensburg, Germany. ... Events First year of Jianan era of the Chinese Han Dynasty Clodius Albinus, rival for Roman Emperor, leaves the province of Britain with all of the islands troops, and makes Gaul his headquarters. ...

Gogukcheon oversaw the official change of Goguryeo royal succession from fraternal succession to father-son succession by primogeniture (Yang, 1999, p. 15). However, he was succeeded by his brother Sansang (산상왕 山上王). Primogeniture is inheritance by the first-born of the entirety of a parents wealth, estate or office, or in the absence of children, by collateral relatives in order of seniority of the collateral line. ...

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Rulers of Korea
• History of Korea

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References

Yang, S.C. The South and North Korean political systems: A comparative analysis. (Rev. Ed.) Seoul: Hollym. ISBN 1-56591-105-9

Korea has been ruled by a number of kingdoms/empires and republics over the last several millennia. ...