Ch'ǒn Kaesomun (English spelling)

Japanese: 泉蓋蘇文 - せんがいそぶん（英語表記）Ch'ǒn Kaesomun

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[Death] Hozouou 24 (665)
A general and prime minister in the late Goguryeo period of Korea. His other name was Yeon Gaesomun. In the Nihon Shoki, he is written as "Iri Kasumi." He was the son of Taejo. After his father's death, he succeeded him and became the head of the central government at the age of 15. In the 25th year of King Yeongryu's reign (642), he built the Great Wall and dealt with the invasion of the Tang Dynasty. Because the construction of the wall was carried out using harsh methods, the other leaders secretly conspired with King Yeongryu to remove Somun, but when Somun found out about this, he killed over 100 leaders and the king, and installed King Bozang as the new leader. After he gained real political and military power, he promoted national unification and adopted an active foreign policy, accepting Taoist priests from the Tang Dynasty and invading Silla (643) through an alliance with Baekje. When Silla asked for help, the Tang Dynasty attempted to mediate, but the Tang envoys were imprisoned, and so in the 4th year of the Reign of King Tang (645), Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty invaded Silla with 170,000 troops. Suwen repelled the invaders after a bloody battle that lasted 60 days, and they were subsequently invaded five times, but they managed to fend them off well, and the Tang Dynasty failed to achieve its objective.

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[没]宝蔵王24(665)
朝鮮，高句麗末期の将軍，宰相。一名，淵蓋蘇文。『日本書紀』には「伊梨柯須弥 (いりかすみ) 」と記されている。太祚の子。父の死後その職を継ぎ，15歳で東部 (西部ともいう) 大人大対盧 (中央政府の長) となり，栄留王 25 (642) 年長城を築造，唐の侵入に対処した。この築城には過酷な手段がとられたため，諸大人は栄留王と密議して蘇文を除こうとしたが，これを知った彼は大人百余人と王を殺害して，新しく宝蔵王を立てた。政治，軍事の実権を握ったのちは，国内統一を推進するとともに積極的な外交政策をとり，唐から道教の道士を受入れる一方，百済と結んで新羅を攻略 (643) 。新羅から救援を求められた唐は，調停に乗出したが，唐の使者が幽閉されたため，宝蔵王4 (645) 年唐の太宗は 17万の兵力をもって侵入した。蘇文は 60日間の血戦の末これを撃退，その後5度も侵入を受けたがよく防ぎ，唐はその目的を果せなかった。

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