| | Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Thus Goguryeo, surrounded by a powerful Baekje's forces to its south and west, was inclined to avoid conflict with its peninsular neighbor while cultivating constructive relations with the Xienpei and Yuyeon, in order to defend itself from future invasions, and even the possible destruction of its state. |
 | | Gwanggaeto is also given credit for establishing the reign titles that were recorded for the first time in Korean history, a symbolic gesture elevating Goguryeo monarchs as equals to their Chinese counterparts. |
 | | The Gwanggaeto Stele, a six-meter monument erected by King Jangsu in 414, was rediscovered in Manchuria in 1875 by a Chinese scholar. |
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