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Encyclopedia > King Biryu of Baekje
King Biryu of Baekje
Korean Name
Revised Romanization Biryu-wang
McCune-Reischauer Piryu-wang
Hangul 비류왕
Hanja 比流王

King Biryu of Baekje (?-344, reigned 304-344) was the 11th king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to the Samguk Sagi, he was the younger brother of the 7th king of Baekje, King Saban. However, since this would make him rule until at least the age of 110, modern historians commonly assume that Biryu was in fact the son or grandson of King Saban's younger brother. 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. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language (as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China). ... Hanja (lit. ... Events Emperor Mu succeeds Emperor Kang as emperor of China. ... Events Major Wu Hu (barbarian) uprising in China; the Hun Liu Yuan establish the Han kingdom, beginning the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China. ... 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. ... Samguk Sagi (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms) is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. ... King Saban of Baekje (r. ...


King Biryu ascended to the throne after the son of King Bunseo was deemed too young to rule. This appears to have been part of a power struggle between the two branches of the Baekje royal family, the descendents of King Saban and the descendants of King Goi who supplanted him. Japanese genealogical records record King Biryu, like King Saban, as the progenitor of certain aristocratic clans of Yamato Japan. King Bunseo of Baekje (?-304, r. ... King Goi of Baekje (?-286, reigned 234-286) was the 8th king of the Korean Baekje kingdom, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... Yamato is the name of several places, times and things: the dominant Yamato peoples of ancient Japan Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan Yamato, Fukushima, Japan Yamato, Ibaraki, Japan Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan Yamato, Niigata, Japan Yamato, Yamanashi, Japan Yamato, Gifu, Japan (present Gujo) Yamato, Yamaguchi, Japan Yamato, Fukuoka, Japan Yamato, Saga, Japan Yamato...


See also

  • History of Korea
  • List of Korea-related topics


This article is about the history of Korea. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

Preceded by:
King Bunseo
Kings of Baekje
304-344
Succeeded by:
King Gye


King Bunseo of Baekje (?-304, r. ... Korea has been ruled by a number of kingdoms/empires and republics over the last several millennia. ... King Gye of Baekje (?-346, reigned 344-346) was the 12th king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Geunchogo of Baekje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (656 words)
Geunchogo of Baekje (reigned 346–375) was the thirteenth king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
He was the second son of King Biryu, and his reign seems to have marked the permanent ascendancy of the descendants of King Saban over those of King Goi.
King Geunchogo also encouraged culture; as Baekje forces occupied former Daebang, many Chinese scholars were invited and came to Geunchogo's court.
baekje - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (2504 words)
However, according to Samguk Yusa, King Onjo was the son of Jumong (King Dongmyeongseong), the founder of Goguryeo.
King Gaeru is believed to have moved the capital to the Bukhan Mountain Fortress in 132.
Baekje's diplomatic policy for China was changed after Dongjin was destroyed in 418 A.D. and Song Dynasty (a state and dynasty in ancient china) was founded in 420 A.D. Baekje sent envoys frequently to Song and received official rank and asked for all kinds of books and the technological instruction.
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