King Muyǒl-wang

Japanese: 武烈王 - ぶれつおう（英語表記）Muyǒl-wang

[Raw] Shinpei King 25 (603)
[Died] King Muyeol 8 (661)
The 29th king of Silla, Korea (reigned 654-661). His given name was Kim Chun-chu. His posthumous name was Taejong. His father was Kim Yong-chun (Ryūju), son of the 25th king, King Jinji. His mother was Lady Cheonmyō, daughter of the 26th king, King Jinpyeong. His wife was Kim Yu-shin's younger sister, Queen Munhee (Munhee). Along with Kim Yu-shin, he made the greatest contribution to Silla's unification of Korea, and was particularly successful in foreign and domestic affairs. In the 11th year of Queen Seondeok's reign (642), he sent an envoy to Goguryeo to counter Baekje's invasion of the Gaya region, but failed. In the 16th year of the same year, he sent an envoy to Japan, where he appeased anti-Silla forces, and the following year he entered the Tang Dynasty, opening the door to an alliance with the Tang Dynasty. He also assisted Kim Yu-shin in putting down the civil war in Bidam, and in the 3rd year of the reign of Queen Jindeok (649), he introduced the various systems of the Tang Dynasty and established a centralized government. After ascending to the throne (654) at the recommendation of Kim Yu-shin and others, he created over 60 articles of the Libangbukaku and worked to improve the legal code system. In the 7th year of the reign of King Muyeol (660), he allied with the Tang Dynasty and destroyed Baekje, but died the following year while preparing to destroy Goguryeo.

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Japanese:

[生]真平王25(603)
[没]武烈王8(661)
朝鮮，新羅の第 29代の王 (在位 654～661) 。姓名は金春秋。諡は太宗。父は第 25代真智王の子金龍春 (龍樹) 。母は第 26代真平王の娘天明夫人。妃は金庾信 (きんゆしん) の妹文姫 (文明王后) 。新羅の朝鮮統一に金庾信とともに最も大きな功績をあげ，特に外交，内政では抜群の成果をあげた。善徳女王 11 (642) 年，百済の加羅地方侵略に対抗するため高句麗に使いしたが失敗。同 16年日本に使いし，反新羅勢力を懐柔し，翌年唐に入朝し，唐との同盟の端緒を開いた。また金庾信を助け毗曇 (ひどん) の内乱をしずめ，真徳女王3 (649) 年に唐の諸制度を取入れて中央集権政治を確立した。金庾信らに推されて即位すると (654) ，理方府格六十余条を作って律令体制の整備に努めた。武烈王7 (660) 年唐と連合して百済を滅ぼしたが，翌年高句麗討滅の準備中に没した。

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