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ascended the throne, the government was clean and equitable, meting out no excessive rewards or punishments. From the time he employed Shuang Chi, he leaned heavily toward the literati, dispensing excessive favors and courtesy to them. Thereupon, even the untalented came forward, upsetting the order of seniority and advanced quickly, becoming high ministers in less than two years. As he neglected government affairs, important issues related to state security were ignored, but parties and banquets continued without interruption , and the initial virtue of the king gradually disappeared. The population supplies were increasingly spent on buying honors. For this reason, the king didn't recover his previous zeal and diligence for state affairs, even when he met his counselors. Their disgust, therefore, deepened day by day. Moreover, the king exceeded in his devotion to Buddhism and overestimated Buddhists. In clothes and food, he spared no expense. In weighing up the merits of public works, he ignored the choice of the appropriate time. There was no respite in devising clever initiatives. Even according to a rough estimate, each year's expenses were equivalent to T'aejo's expenses for a decade.
1295: 1039:) in 956. The noble families had many slaves, mainly prisoners of war, who served as private soldiers; they numbered more than commoners and didn't pay taxes to the crown, but to the clan they worked for. By emancipating them, Gwangjong turned them into commoners, weakening the noble families' power, and gaining people who paid taxes to the king and could become part of his army. This reform won his government the support of the people, while nobles were against it; even queen Daemok tried to stop the king as the law affected her family, but to no avail. 1021:'Rules for an emperor') to better understand what to do, as he found many similarities between his situation and that of Taizong, Gwangjong rewarded all those who contributed to the progress of Goryeo, also making much effort to maintain good diplomatic relations with neighboring countries. This allowed him to concentrate power from within and without the court, and, seven years after the start of his reign, enact a series of reforms to promote a stable and royal-centered political system, and to expand economy and military. 983:, his father Taejo made alliances with powerful and influential families through marriages. Keeping them satisfied was paramount, as those families all had their own armies and could rebel at any time. For this reason, Gwangjong felt the need to consolidate the power of the king and made the creation of an absolute monarchy the purpose of his entire government. To avoid an increase in the power and in the influence of noble families, he refused to marry a woman from a noble clan, but instead married into the royal family: 1385:, the son of a high-ranked official, who strongly opposed Gwangjong's autocracy. He believed that the privileges of the nobility were to be protected, and that having as officials the sons of provincial gentlemen with no power base at the court would put it in danger. Therefore, he condemned Gwangjong for his obsession with Buddhism and public projects, which, according to him, drove the kingdom into debt, and declared him a tyrant for his cruelty. In the memorial he drew up for the sixth king of Goryeo, 1286:
of purges, killing off his opposers: among them, there were his brother Wang Won (ninth prince Hyoeun), who was suspected of treason and poisoned, king Hyejong's son prince Heunghwa, and king Jeongjong's son prince Gyeongchunwon. Gwangjong also mistrusted his eldest son Wang Ju, who was five years old at the time. At the end of the purges, only forty of Taejo's 3,200 meritorious subjects who helped him in unifying the Later Three Kingdoms were still alive.
1082:'s civil service exam and the Confucian classics, was open to all male free-borns to give everyone, not only the rich and powerful people, the opportunity to work for the state, but in practice only sons of the gentry could gain the necessary education to take the exam; royal relatives of the five highest ranks were, instead, left out on purpose. In 960, the king introduced different colours for court robes to distinguish officials of different ranks. 1423: 2213: 1374:, respectively, Gwangjong established his own power base, and, in order to restrain the power of wealthy people and influential vassals, he encouraged consanguineous marriages to avoid troubles with maternal relatives. He is regarded as the king who made the most strenuous and energetic efforts to strengthen the kingship in the early Goryeo. 2219: 1357:. The reform policies to curb the power of the capital aristocracy were passed down to his successors, but they weren't able to pursue them; as a result, the bureaucracy turned from a meritorious aristocracy to a hereditary class. The law of emancipation of slaves was retracted during the sixth king's, 1285:
Gwangjong's reforms were not well-received by the nobles, especially by high military and civil officials who helped his father in the foundation of Goryeo. The dissent of the nobles led them to stage a rebellion, but this attempt failed. In his eleventh year of reign, 960, Gwangjong started a series
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His reforms contributed greatly to the formation of a new political order in the newborn kingdom of Goryeo, but they were mainly limited to politics; the restructuring of the local government, and the reorganization of national economy and social system were comparatively weak. He was always wary of
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In his later years, Gwangjong's reliance on Buddhism increased. In 968, after a nightmare, he convened a reunion and banned the slaughter of his family. In December 971, an earthquake occurred in Goryeo, and the nobles and the people blamed the king. Gwangjong managed to handle the situation, but a
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During his time as a prince, he gave a great contribution in the crowning of Wang Yo as Jeongjong, and played a big role in removing opposing forces to the sovereigns: one was Wang Gyu, who had helped King Taejo in the founding of Goryeo, climbing to the position of prime minister, and who, after
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In his last ten years, many innocent people were killed. For sixteen years, from the eleventh (960) to the twenty-sixth year (975) of Kwangjong's reign, the intriguing and the wicked competed to advance, and slanderous accusations raged. The true gentlemen were badly tolerated everywhere, while
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He treated those under him with much propriety, and never lost his eye for judging people. He did not hold his royal relatives and high nobles too close, always restraining the mighty and powerful. He never neglected the humble, and accorded favors to widows and orphans. For eight years after he
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Gwangjong's bold reform policy weakened the nobles and stabilized the kingship. In addition, the national civil service examination caused the raise of a new wave of political forces, while a new cultural heritage was developed independently by taking inspiration from China. Though Hyejong and
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King Hyejong was crowned, tried to carry out a coup to raise his grandson, prince Gwangju, to the throne. The second one was Park Sul-hee, a general who promoted the appointment of Hyejong to Crown Prince and continued to support him later, becoming a threat to Jeongjong's coronation.
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In 957, Later Zhou diplomat and scholar Shuang Ji was sent to Goryeo as an envoy. Gwangjong discovered his ability and requested him to stay; Shuang Ji agreed and worked as a Goryeo official: with his advice, Gwangjong instituted the
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Other actions undertaken to reinforce the royal authority were naming Goryeo an empire and himself Emperor, thus ending tributary relationships with China; calling Kaesong the Imperial Capital and
2462: 1239:), to link the government and the church, and he attempted to make peace between the Zen and textual schools to unify them under a single order, but he didn't have much success. 1724: 710:, Gwangjong "was careful and laconic, but bold if he had to seize an opportunity." He had excellent appearance and qualities, and he received a special love from his father. 1339: 1864: 1838: 1282: "exorbitant abundance") from 960 to 963. By placing himself in the position of the emperor, he tried to instill in his servants that he had an absolute power. 1078:) in 958, with the goal to expel officials who gained court positions due to family influence or reputation rather than by merit. The examination, based on the 1761: 2337: 1105: "houses of mercy"), which provided free medicines to poor patients, were set up in Kaesong and Pyongyang, later expanding in the provinces as the 1294: 1306:
He developed a serious disease in July 975 (fifth month of the Lunar calendar) and died just a few days later at the age of 50. He was given the
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to promote Buddhism among the people. He took capable monks as advisers, and promoted the construction of temples: for example, he built the
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As he had three older brothers, Mu, Tae and Yo, he was far from the succession to the throne; however, Wang Tae died early on, and
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Gwangjong saw the association of religious institutions and the state as an aid to subdue local lords, and chose the abbot of
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second earthquake occurred in February 972: during this time, he had a nightmare and granted amnesty to prisoners in August.
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When Gwangjong ascended the throne on April 13, 949, at the age of 25, the kingdom of Goryeo was unstable: to unify the
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died in 945, three years after being crowned king, leaving the throne to Wang Yo, who ruled Goryeo for four years as
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Jeongjong established their reigns by relying on strong power bases represented by general Park Sul-hee and uncle
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Regarding foreign policy, Gwangjong maintained the close connection between China and Goryeo which was made by
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Fonti per lo studio della civiltà coreana volume I. Dalle origini al periodo Koryŏ (1392)
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He was succeeded by his only son Wang Ju, who became the fifth king of Goryeo,
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the possibility of hostile acts, and killed nobles and relatives recklessly.
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of "Hongdoseon-yeolpyeongse sukheon-ui hyoganghye daeseong dae-wang" (
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as emperor. As Zhao decided to return from battlefield to found the
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Gwangjong means "shining emperor". His tomb, called Heolleung (
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Gwangjong was born in 925 as Wang So, fourth son of King
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His first reform was the law of emancipation of slaves (
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of the Chungju Yu clan, who also gave birth to princes
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One of the most influential thinkers of the time was
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Index

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Goryeo
Coronation
Gaegyeong
Goryeo
Jeongjong of Goryeo
Gyeongjong of Goryeo
Gaegyeong
Queen Consort
Queen Daemok
Consort
Lady Gyeonghwa
Palace Lady Kim
Issue
Gyeongjong of Goryeo
Crown Prince Hyohwa
Lady Cheonchujeon
Lady Bohwa
Queen Mundeok
Posthumous name
Temple name
House
Wang
Dynasty
Goryeo
Taejo of Goryeo
Queen Sinmyeong
Hangul
Hanja

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