The Gyerim Territory Area Command was a proposed autonomous administration to be established in Silla territory by the Tang dynasty. In the place of Baekje and Goguryeo, the Tang created the Protectorate General to Pacify the East, Ungjin Commandery.
Gyerim Territory Area Command | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 鷄林州都督府 | ||||||
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Hangul | 계림주도독부 | ||||||
Hanja | 鷄林州都督府 | ||||||
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History
editIn 660, when a joint Silla-Tang alliance destroyed Baekje, the Tang dynasty established a protectorate named the Ungjin Commandery in its place. Furthermore, the Tang emperor offered to Munmu of Silla that he take over a proposed protectorate called the "Great Commandery of Gyerim", which was refused.[1]
Following the offer Silla launched a surprise attack against the Tang forces and destroyed the Ungjin commandery. Over the course of several battles Tang forces would be driven north of the Taedong river by the Silla army.[2]
In the south of Silla another administrative subdivision named Jimizhou was to be set up. Munmu of Silla was to be nominated as first "commander."[3][4] After that the position was to be inherited by the line of rulers of Silla.
In the 8th century, An Lushan Rebellion began, Ping Lu Fanzhen (Hanja:平盧藩鎮) was moved to Shandong Peninsula and renamed as Zi Qing Ping Lu Fanzhen (Hanja:淄青平盧藩鎮), Fanzhen attempted to hold a post of Commander of Gyerim Protectorate and crossed the sea for it.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Seth, Michael J. (2020). A concise history of Korea: from antiquity to the present. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-5381-2898-5.
- ^ Seth, Michael J. (2020). A concise history of Korea: from antiquity to the present. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-5381-2898-5.
- ^ Old Book of Tang 巻199上 新羅伝「竜朔三年、詔以其国為鶏林州都督府」
- ^ Samguk Sagi 新羅本紀文武王三年「大唐以我国為鶏林大都督府…(中略)…際天所覆、悉臣而属之。薄海内外,無不州県」
External links
edit- 八幡和郎 (2015), 誤解だらけの韓国史の真実, イースト・プレス, ISBN 978-4781650494