Anjang of Goguryeo

Anjang of Goguryeo
Hangul
안장왕
Hanja
安藏王
Revised RomanizationAnjang-wang
McCune–ReischauerAnjang-wang
Birth name
Hangul
흥안
Hanja
興安
Revised RomanizationHeung-an
McCune–ReischauerHŭngan

Anjang of Goguryeo (died 531, r. 519–531)[1] was the 22nd ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. With his original name of Heung-an, he was the eldest son of Munjamyeong. He was named Crown Prince in the seventh year of Munjamyeong's reign (498),[2] and assumed the throne when his father died in 519.[3] He was supposedly assassinated in 531 without heir, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Anwon.[2][1]

Under Anjang, Goguryeo continued to maintain close relations with the Chinese dynasties, notably Wei and Liang with constant 'tribute missions',[2][4] to counterbalance the volatile relationship with the southerly Korean kingdoms of Baekje and Silla. He attacked Baekje in 523[5] and 529,[6] slaying more than 2,000 Baekje soldiers.

Historical records during the reign of Anjang are rarely found throughout East Asia with some erroneous marks on his death: the Book of Liang completed in 635 says Anjang died in 526 although the actual date is believed to be about five or six years later;[7] The Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki quoting Baekje Bongi says Anjang was killed amid bloody chaos,[8] which implies the final years of his reign were unstable.[9][10] Since chaos also marked the end of his brother Anwon’s reign, it is speculated that succession issues had already been entrenched among the Goguryeo aristocracy.[2][11]

  1. ^ a b "King Anjang". KBS Radio. Korean Broadcasting System. 2015-06-15. Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Chong-uk, Yi (2005). The history of Goguryeo (고구려의 역사) (in Korean) (1-p'an. ed.). Seoul: Kimyŏngsa. pp. 369–375. ISBN 9788934917625. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. ^ Kim, Bushik. "Samguk Sagi". Korea History Database (한국사데이터베이스). Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. ^ Yoo, Chan Yul (1990). The International Relations of Korea as a Small State. p. 67.
  5. ^ Kim, Bushik (1145). Samguk Sagi (三國史記 卷第二十六 百濟本紀 第四 ed.).
  6. ^ Kim, Bushik (1145). Samguk Sagi (三國史記 卷第二十六 百濟本紀 第四 ed.).
  7. ^ 《梁書》(Book of Liang) V. 54 Annal of Goguryeo: “(普通)七年 安卒 子延立 遣使貢獻 詔以延襲爵”이라고 기록되어 있다.
  8. ^ 《日本書紀》 卷第十七 男大迹天皇 繼體天皇: (廿五年) 冬十二月丙申朔庚子 葬于藍野陵; 或本云 天皇 廿八年歲次甲寅崩 而此云 廿五年歲次辛亥崩者 取百濟本記爲文 其文云 太歲辛亥三月 軍進至于安羅 營乞乇城 是月 高麗弑其王安 又聞 日本天皇及太子皇子 俱崩薨 由此而言 辛亥之歲 當廿五年矣 後勘校者 知之也
  9. ^ 정, 구복. 역주 삼국사기 3 주석편. 한국정신문화연구원. p. 400.
  10. ^ Kim, Hyŏn-suk (2005). The methodology of Goguryeo's division ruling (in Korean). Seoul: Mosinŭn Saramdŭl. p. 400. ISBN 9788990699305. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  11. ^ Lee, Yoon-seop (2014). 한나절에 읽는 백제의 역사 (History of Baekje reading in a day). p. 400. ISBN 9791155191965. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

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