Kung Ye

Japanese: 弓裔 - きゅうえい（英語表記）Kung Ye

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[Died] King Keimyō 2 (918)
King Taebong of the late Silla Dynasty, Korea. He was the illegitimate son of King Heonan of Silla, and became a monk. He followed the orders of Gihyun and Yang Gil, but in the second year of King Hyogong's reign (898), he became independent in Songak (present-day Kaesong), and in the fifth year of the same year, he proclaimed himself king, named the country Later Goguryeo, and aimed to restore Goguryeo. In the eighth year of the same year, he named the country Majin, adopted the Silla government system, established a national system, and moved the capital to Cheorwon (present-day Cheorwon). In the fifteenth year of the same year, he named the country Taebong and the era name Sudeok Manse, and his influence extended throughout central Korea. However, he lost people's trust due to his arrogance and tyranny, calling himself Maitreya Buddha and massacring his subordinates, and he was eventually killed by his vassal Wang Geon (→Taejo).

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Japanese:

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[没]景明王2(918)
朝鮮，新羅末の武将，泰封国王。新羅の憲安王の庶子で出家し，箕萱，梁吉らのもとに属したが，孝恭王2 (898) 年松岳 (現開城) に自立し，同5年王を自称，国号を後高句麗と定め，高句麗の再興を目指した。同8年国号を摩震とし，新羅の官制を取入れ，国家の体制を整えて，鉄円 (現鉄原) に遷都。同 15年には国号を泰封，年号を水徳万歳とし，その勢力は中部朝鮮一帯に及んだが，みずからを弥勒仏と称し，部下を虐殺するなどの尊大狂暴さに信を失い，ついに臣下の王建 (→太祖) に討たれた。

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