P'ung-jang (English spelling)

Japanese: 豊璋 - ほうしょう（英語表記）P‘ung‐jang

Son of King Uija of Baekje, Korea. Date of birth and death unknown. Also written as Pungjang, or simply Pung. After Baekje was destroyed in 660, the royal family, Kisitsu Bokshin, and the monk Dochin attempted to restore Baekje from Juryuseong (near the mouth of the Geum River) and welcomed Pungjang, who was a hostage in Japan at the time, to the position of king. Many of the remaining forces responded to this, besieging the Tang forces stationed in Sabiseong (Buyo) and other places, tormenting the Tang and Silla forces. However, due to internal conflicts, Bokshin killed Dochin, who was killed by Bokshin himself, weakening the power of the restoration forces. Pungjang asked for help from Goguryeo and Japan, but Juryuseong fell to a combined attack by the Tang and Silla forces in 663, and Pungjang fled, resulting in the failure of the Baekje restoration movement.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮，百済義慈王の子。生没年不詳。豊章とも書き，また単に豊ともいう。660年の百済滅亡後，王族の鬼室福信と僧の道琛らは周留城(錦江河口付近)を拠点に百済復興をはかり，当時日本に人質となっていた豊璋を迎えて王に立てた。多くの残存勢力がこれに呼応し，泗沘（しひ）城(扶余)などに駐屯する唐軍を包囲して唐･新羅軍を苦しめた。しかし内紛から福信は道琛を殺し，その福信も豊璋に殺され，復興軍の勢力は弱まった。豊璋は高句麗，日本に救援を求めたが，663年，唐･新羅軍の総攻撃の前に周留城は陥落し，豊璋も逃亡して百済復興運動は挫折した。

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