Seongjong of Goryeo

Seongjong of Goryeo
Hangul 성종 Hanja 成宗 Revised Romanization Seongjong McCune-Reischauer Sŏngjong

Seongjong of Goryeo (960–997; reigned 981–997) was the sixth emperor of the medieval Korean empire of Goryeo. He was the second son of Daejong, and a grandson of Emperor Taejo. He ascended the throne after Gyeongjong stepped down.

Seongjong set out to reform the Goryeo state and establish it as a centralised monarchy on a firmly Confucian foundation. In 983, he established the system of twelve mok, the administrative divisions which prevailed for most of the rest of the Goryeo period. He also sent learned men to each of the mok to oversee local education. This was intended particularly as a way to integrate the country aristocracy into the new bureaucratic system.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Rulers of Korea
• History of Korea
• First Koryo-Khitan War

References

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• Lee, K.-b. (1984). A new history of Korea. Tr. by E.W. Wagner & E.J. Schulz, based on the Korean rev. ed. of 1979. Seoul: Ilchogak. ISBN 89-337-0204-0

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