Hyoso (687–702) (r. 692–702) was the thirty-second monarch of

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...

, a kingdom that flourished on the Korean peninsula from approximately 200 to 927 CE. He was the eldest son of King Sinmun and his second consort

Queen Sinmok Queen Sinmok of the Kim clan (신목왕후 김씨;d. 700), was the queen regent of Silla between 692 and 700. She was the second wife of king Sinmun of Silla and the mother of king Hyoso of Silla. She ruled as regent during the minority of her so ...

. He reigned for a decade and died of illness in the Silla capital in the autumn of 702. Hyoso's reign was characterized by a continuing trend towards centralization following Silla's unification of the peninsula. Like his father, Hyoso faced some opposition in the form of revolts by high-ranking members of the Silla aristocracy. In the summer of 700, for instance, the ichan (a high rank in Silla's strict

bone rank system The bone-rank system was the system of aristocratic rank used in the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla. It was used to segregate society, and particularly the layers of the aristocracy, on the basis of their hereditary proximity to the throne and th ...

) Gyeong-yeong 慶永 was implicated in treasonous plots and executed. These machinations also apparently involved Silla's Chief Minister of State, who was removed from office.

Samguk Sagi ''Samguk Sagi'' (, ''History of the Three Kingdoms'') is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla. The ''Samguk Sagi'' is written in Classical Chinese, the written language of the literati of ancient Korea, ...

, Annals of Silla, book 8, King Hyoso, year 9. Relations with

Tang Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...

also saw improvement during Hyoso's reign following the diplomatic disintegration that followed in the wake of the wars of unification during the 660s and 670s and the foundering of the Tang-Silla alliance. Tribute relations were steadily maintained and Hyoso, as Sinmun before him, was "enfeoffed" by the Tang emperor as King of Silla. A few citations in the record of King Hyoso in the 12th century Korean history

also attest to steady diplomatic contact with Japan, and Japanese histories (notably the '' Shoku Nihongi'') are reliable sources for confirming death dates of Silla's kings and queens during this period, as Japan would often hear of their deaths through diplomatic envoys. King Hyoso died in 702. Because he had no son he was succeeded by his younger full brother who reigned as King Seongdeok.

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* Grandfather:

Munmu of Silla Munmu of Silla (626–681; reigned 661–681) was the 30th king of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He is usually considered to have been the first ruler of the Unified Silla period. Munmu was the son of King Muyeol and Munmyeong, who was the young ...

(626–681; reigned 661–681 * Grandmother: Queen Jaeui, of the Kim Clan (자의왕후 김씨;d.681) * Father

Sinmun of Silla Sinmun of Silla (r. 681–692) was the thirty-first king of Silla, a Korean state that originated in the southwestern Korean peninsula and went on to unify most of the peninsula under its rule in the mid 7th century. He was the eldest son of Sil ...

(r. 681–692) (김정명) * Mother:

of the Kim clan (신목왕후 김씨;d. 700)

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{{s-end Silla rulers Silla Buddhists Korean Buddhist monarchs 687 births 702 deaths Year of birth unknown 7th-century Korean monarchs 8th-century Korean monarchs

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