Dae Mu-ye, also known as King Mu () (r. 719–737), was the second king of the

Balhae Balhae ( ko, 발해, zh, c=渤海, p=Bóhǎi, russian: Бохай, translit=Bokhay, ), also rendered as Bohai, was a multi-ethnic kingdom whose land extends to what is today Northeast China, the Korean Peninsula and the Russian Far East. It wa ...

. He is noted for the military expansion of his domain.

Background

Dae Mu-ye was the eldest son of

Dae Jo-yeong Dae Joyeong (died 719) (; or in Korean) or Da Zuorong (大祚榮, 大祚荣, in Chinese), also known as King Go (; in Korean; Gao in Chinese), established the state of Balhae, reigning from 699 to 719. Life Early life Dae Joyeong wa ...

, the founder of the ancient kingdom of

, He ascended to the throne after the death in 719 of his father. He was given the title of "King of the

Gyeru Gyeru (계루, 桂婁) was an ancient Korean city-state that formed within the former realm of Gojoseon. Ruled by the Gyeru clan (), it later became a member of the confederation of Jolbon together with Sono, Jeolno, Sun-no, and Gwan-no, and was g ...

Province" by Tang Emperor Xuanzong. He gave the posthumous title King Go to his father, Dae Jo-yeong. Since then, He declared the era name ''In-an'', an act of independence from China's

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. On the other hand, he frequently sent embassies to the Tang, including his sons and brothers.

Reign

Balhae's aggressive expansion triggered frictions with Tang China,

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of southern Korea, the Khitans, the Xi, the Göktürks, and several Mohe tribes. When the

Heishui Mohe The Heishui Mohe (; mnc, Sahaliyan i Aiman or ), also known as the , rendered in English as Blackriver Mohe or Blackwater Mohe, were a tribe of Mohe people in Outer Manchuria along the Amur River () in what is now Russia's Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Ob ...

in the north of Balhae came under the direct control of the Tang in 727, he attacked the Heishui Mohe fearing a pincer attack. 732, King Mu ordered a

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against Tang in present-day

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, sending the Balhae navy at the command of Jang Mun-hyu. In the same year, he led troops to Madushan (馬都山) in the vicinity of

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and occupied nearby towns. In 733, Chinese Emperor Xuanzong ordered Dae Mun-ye to attack Balhae, along with forces from

, but the attack was unsuccessful and they were repelled. In 727, Balhae began to dispatch embassies to

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to avoid international isolation. The king sent an official document to Japan indicating that Balhae recovered the terrain of

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most ...

and succeeded to the culture of

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. Japan, whose relationship with

was strained, welcomed them as a revival of Goguryeo. In 732, He made an assault on

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empire's Dengzhou. During the assault, the local governor of Dengzhou Wei Jun was killed. The assault was mostly an act of piracy and did not elevate to an international conflict until Wei's death. Later, Tang, allied with

, invaded Balhae but the advance of the allied troops was deterred by heavy snow. Dae Muye was succeeded by his son

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in 737.

References

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Background

Reign

See also

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