Search

The Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary

 
     
 

Encyclopedia

Dictionary

Quotes

 

King Gogukcheon of Goguryeo

(Redirected from Emperor Gogukcheon of Goguryeo)
Emperor Gogukcheon
Korean Name
Revised Romanization Gogukcheonwang
McCune-Reischauer Kogukch'ŏn-wang
Hangul 고국천왕
Hanja 故國川王

Emperor Gogukcheon was the ruler of the Korean Goguryeo state from 179 AD to 196. He was the son of Emperor Sindae (신대왕, 新大王).

Emperor Gogukcheon oversaw the official change of Goguryeo royal succession from fraternal succession to father-son succession by primogeniture (Yang, 1999, p. 15). However, he was succeeded by his brother Sansang (산상왕 山上王).

See also

References

Yang, S.C. The South and North Korean political systems: A comparative analysis. (Rev. Ed.) Seoul: Hollym. ISBN 1-56591-105-9

The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy