Giru

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 기루 왕
Hanja 己 婁 王
Revised
Romanization 		Giru-wang
McCune-
Reischauer 		Giru Wang

Giru († 128 ) or Kiru was the third king of Baekje , one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea , from 77 to 128 .

origin

He was the eldest son of Daru . In the sixth year of Daru's reign, in 33, Giru became crown prince. After Daru's death in 77, his 50th year of reign, he was crowned. The Samguk Sagi describes him as a determined person who did not allow himself to be distracted by little things. In the Samguk Yusa he is only mentioned as the son of Daru.

Domination

Little is written in the Samguk Sagi over the years during Giru's reign :

In 85 Giru sent troops to pillage the border area of Silla and 105 he wanted to negotiate a peace. Three years later the “Malgal” are mentioned, who invaded the “Ugok” region, plundered it and abducted the inhabitants. 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.

125 asks Silla in writing for support in the fight against the attacking Malgal. Giru sends five generals with their armies to help the neighbor. The Silla annals (part of the Samguk Sagi) say that the Malgal fled when the Baekje troops arrived.

Numerous natural events are also mentioned. For example a Nova 85, several earthquakes, rockfalls, floods, storms, a frost-free winter and two solar eclipses, which were not even visible in Korea at that time and the date was copied into the Samguk Sagi from the Hou Hanshu .

death

In the winter of 128 Giru died and his son Gaeru took the throne. No name of Gaeru's mother has been recorded.

credentials

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Park, Hyun Sook, “백제 의 중앙 과 지방” (Central area and regions of Baekje), Juryuseong, Seoul 2005, p. 71.
  2. ↑ Samguk Sagi, Scroll 23
  3. ^ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, p. 225.
  4. ↑ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, pp. 225-227.
  5. ↑ JW Best, A History of the Early Korean Kingdom of Paekche, Harvard University Asia Center, London 2006, p. 228.
personal data
SURNAME Giru
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiru; 己 婁 王 (Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Baekje (77 to 128)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 128