Chogo (king)

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Chogo (* before 166 ; † 214 ) or Sogo was from 166 to 214 the fifth king of Baekje , one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea .

origin

Chogo was a son of Gaeru and took over the throne after the death of his father in his 39th year of reign. In the medieval script Samguk Sagi , which describes the time of the Three Kingdoms, was usually more precisely defined if it was the oldest or the second oldest son of the previous king. However, this was not the case with Chogo and his father Gaeru, whom he inherited. There are several indications that Chogo and his successor Gusu were fictional and served to fill a time gap created by dating the founding of Baekje too early.

Domination

Because King Gaeru granted Ajan Gilseon refuge from the Silla Empire , Baekje and Silla were already at war when Chogo came to power.

Most of the entries in the Samguk Sagi about his reign contain accounts of this conflict. In 167 two armies, which were secretly sent, overran two fortresses and captured over 1,000 men and women. The King of Silla then sent an army of 20,000 soldiers to attack Baekje and took control of 8,000 elite cavalrymen himself and followed the main army. They get to the Han River before Chogo decided to release all prisoners because his troops could not repel this overwhelming force.

The early history of Baekje and Silla is viewed by historians as partly fictional. This entry is probably an event that took place much later and was slightly adapted and imported into the Baekje and Silla annals in the Samguk Sagi. The geographical location is also controversial, so there are probably two different "Han" rivers, which are described in the Baekje and the Silla annals of Samguk Sagi.

In addition to further entries on the conflict about various won and lost campaigns against fortresses, three solar eclipses are mentioned (170, 189 and 212). These were probably taken from the Hou Hanshu and were not visible from the Korean peninsula . Other astronomical entries are also scientifically refuted today and have not been found in any Chinese records.

From 210 there are several entries in which conflicts with the Malgal are reported. However, it is unclear who these Malgal were, since a people described by this name is believed to be in what is now Manchuria , northwest of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo . Baekje's capital, on the other hand, is located much more south, near today's Seoul . The Malgal are neither the Buyeo , from which Baekje arose, nor the Mahan from the south. It is believed that the Malgal were remnants of the former Chinese command posts prior to the Three Kingdoms.

death

In the winter of 214 Chogo died and his eldest son Gusu took the throne.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, pp. 428-431.
  2. ^ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, p. 229.
  3. ↑ Samguk Sagi, Scroll 23
  4. ↑ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, p. 231.
  5. ^ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, pp. 232 and 235.
  6. ^ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, p. 234.
personal data
SURNAME Chogo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sogo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea (166-214)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 214