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This is a list of notable people from the Goryeo dynasty, a period in Korean history lasting from 918 to 1392. Rulers. For a chronological list of rulers, ...
Goryeo (Korean: 고려; Hanja: 高麗; MR: Koryŏ, ; Middle Korean: 고ᇢ롕〮, romanized: kwòwlyéy) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. [11]
People of the Goryeo dynasty. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. 10th-century Korean people (2 C, 61 P) 11th ...
The first ruler had the temple name Taejo, which means "great progenitor", and was applied to the first kings of both Goryeo and Joseon, as they were also the founders of the Wang and Yi Dynasties respectively. Starting with Gwangjong, rulers of Goryeo styled themselves emperors, with the first three rulers elevated to that title posthumously ...
Goryeo people (12 C, 1 P) W. Wars involving Goryeo (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Goryeo" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
This is a partial list of people who lived in Goguryeo from 37 BCE-668 CE and those of Goguryeo descent. ... Personal names: Period of reign: ... List of Goryeo people;
[80] Goryeo was an independent tianxia; within it, Goryeo monarchs were Sons of Heaven, called "Son of Heaven of East of the Sea" (Korean: 해동천자; Hanja: 海東天子), who were viewed as superhuman beings who alone mediated between Heaven and the Korean people. [81] The Goryeo worldview partly originated during earlier periods of Korean ...
The term by which they refer to themselves is composed of two Korean words: "Koryo", a historical name for Korea, and "saram", meaning "person" or "people".[a]The word Koryo in "Koryo-saram" originated from the name of the Goryeo (Koryŏ) Dynasty from which "Korea" was also derived.