Buyeo Pung (扶餘豊, 623–668) was a prince of
Baekje, one of the
Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was son of the last king,
Uija of Baekje. When Baekje fell to the
Silla–Tang alliance in 660, he was a hostage who mortgaged the alliance of Baekje with Japan.
He was shortly unofficially proclaimed king.
He came back with a Japanese army and
Yamato general
Abe no Hirafu to revive the country. General
Boksin
Gwisil Boksin (鬼室福信, ? – 663) was a military general of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He is remembered primarily as a leader of the Baekje Revival Movement to restore the kingdom after the capital fell in 660 to the Sill ...
of the Baekje revival forces gave him the title King Pungjang (풍장왕, 豊璋王). He joined forces with the Baekje resistance led by general Boksin. In 663, however, the Baekje resistance and Japan lost the
Battle of Baekgang
The Battle of Baekgang or Battle of Baekgang-gu, also known as Battle of Hakusukinoe ( ja, 白村江の戦い, Hakusuki-no-e no Tatakai / Hakusonkō no Tatakai) in Japan, as Battle of Baijiangkou ( zh, c=白江口之战, p=Bāijiāngkǒu Zhīzh ...
to the army of Tang and Silla, and Baekje collapsed. The prince fled to neighboring
Goguryeo. When Goguryeo collapsed, he was captured by the Tang army and sent to southern China in exile. His later life is unknown.
One of his brothers, Zenkō (善光 or 禅広), settled in Japan and was given the family name
Kudara no Konikishi (百濟王; king of Baekje) by the emperor of Japan.
Popular culture
* Portrayed by
Jang Tae-sung in the 2012-2013
KBS1 TV series ''
Dream of the Emperor''.
See also
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Uija of Baekje
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Buyeo Yung
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Silla–Tang alliance
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History of Korea
The Lower Paleolithic era in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago.
Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825.
The earlies ...
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Three Kingdoms of Korea
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List of monarchs of Korea
This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune–Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs.
Gojoseon
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Notes
Baekje rulers
Korean exiles
Year of death unknown
623 births
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