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	Taejo of Goryeo Summary
		Wang Kon (877-943) was the founder of the Korean Koryo dynasty and a descendant of a powerful clan at Songdo which controlled maritime trade on the Yesong River.
		Wang Kon, posthumously known as T'aejo, was born in Songak (modern Kaesong, North Korea).
		Wang was crowned king and renamed the kingdom Goryeo, thus beginning Goryeo Dynasty.
	www.bookrags.com /Taejo_of_Goryeo (1804 words)

	Taejo of Goryeo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wang Geon followed his father into service under Gung Ye, the future leader of Taebong, and he began his service under Gungye's command.
		Wang Geon's ability as a military commander was soon recognized by Gung Ye, who promoted him to general and even regarded him as his brother.
		Wang was crowned king and renamed the kingdom Goryeo, thus beginning Goryeo Dynasty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wang_Geon (1111 words)

	North Korean Architecture: Wang Geon tomb, Kaesong (Gaeseong)
		This is the tomb of General Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty which lasted from 918 to 1392.
		Wang Geon first gained prominence when he assisted the warlord Gungye in the foundation of Later Goguryeo, an evanescant kingdom that rose to power in the dying days of Silla.
		Wang Geon's tomb stands at the foot of Mt. Songak in Kaesong.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /gaeseong/WANGGEONTOMB.htm (236 words)

	Wikipedia search result
		Wang Geon followed his father into service under Gung Ye, the future leader of Taebong, and he began his service under Gungye's command.
		Wang Geon's ability as a military commander was soon recognized by Gung Ye, who promoted him to general and even regarded him as his brother.
		Wang was crowned king and renamed the kingdom Goryeo, thus beginning Goryeo Dynasty.
	feedbus.com /wikis/wikipedia.php?title=Taejo_of_Goryeo (1262 words)

	History of Korea: Goryeo Dynasty
		Wang Geon, the last rebel leader, the son of a gentry family, became the first minister of Gung Ye.
		Wang Geon accepted the abdication of King Gyeongsun of Silla in 935.
		Wang Geon was at first content to leave provincial magnates undisturbed.
	www.koreaaward.com /korea/history_GoryeoDynasty.htm (1364 words)

	Wang Geon Information
		Taejo Wang Geon (태조 왕건) was a descendant of a powerful clan at Songdo, who controlled trade on the Yesong River.
		Wang Geon followed his father into service under Gung Ye, the; future leader of Taebong, and he began his service under Gungye's command.
		Wang Geon's ability as a military commander was soon recognized by Gung Ye, who promoted him to general and even regarded him as his brother.
	wang-geon.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Wang_Geon (1417 words)

	Goryeo Dynasty
		Wang Geon, the last rebel leader, the son of a gentry family, became the first minister of Gung Ye.
		Wang Geon accepted the abdication of King Gyeongsun of Silla in 935.
		Wang Geon was at first content to leave provincial magnates undisturbed.
	www.pomnada.com /GoryeoDynasty.html (1355 words)

	Past news
		Around the Tomb, there are balustrades, a stone table, stone tigers, stone posts and stone lanterns= four statues of civilian officials stand to the east of the foreground and another four figures of military officers to the west.
		The fact that the image was buried five metres north of the centre of the burial chamber which lies from south to north in the Tomb, proves that the burying of the image is no coincidental but purposeful.
		Wang Kon's statue is the oldest image cut after a true historical figure in Korea.
	www.kcna.co.jp /item/1998/9801/news01/14.htm (1722 words)

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		Then in 910, when Wang Geon, the general of the rivalring kingdom of Majin, which was established by Gung Ye, attacked and captured the city of Naju, the very city that Gyeon Hwon started his rebellion, he made an attempt to retake the city from Wang but it was not successful.
		In 918, Gung Ye, after long period of misrule, was dethroned and murdered by his army commanders, who crowned Wang Geon as their new ruler, marking the beginning point of Goryeo Dynasty.
		Although Wang was the sworn enemy of Hubaekje, Gyeon sent envoy to Goryeo capital Kaesong and congratulated Wang Geon's coronation.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Gyeon_Hwon (1177 words)

	Korean Architecture: Shin Sung-kyom shrine, Daegu
		In 918, Shin Sunggyeom participated in a coup in which Wang Geon deposed the corrupt King Gungye of the Later-Goguryeo kingdom and established the Goryeo dynasty.
		Wang Geon ultimately emerged victorious, and the kingdom he founded, Goryeo, would last until 1392.
		Wang Geon, who took the reign name Taejo, had his remains moved to his hometown in Chuncheon.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /taegu/SHINSEONGGYEOM.htm (448 words)

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		Soon thereafter, the Goryeo dynasty was proclaimed, and Wang Gun went on to defeat rivaling states of Silla and Later Baekje to reunite three kingdoms in 936.
		It can be assumed that many people, even after the coup that coronated Wang Geon, favored the rule of Gung Ye and that he was not a total despot as described in history.
		Some scholars explain Gung Ye's self-proclamation as Buddha as an attempt to strengthen his power, since he, as a royal family member of Silla, had no influence over powerful local landlords and merchants, so he tried to use the power of religion in order to keep his rule, which did not prove to be effective.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Gung_Ye (1189 words)

	Koryeo-Foundation Temples South of Kye-ryong-san
		Almost 1100 years ago, Gen. Wang Geon was establishing the strongly Buddhist Koryeo Dynasty with himself as first king, and its capital at Kae-seong City (north of what is now Seoul).
		He built a large San-seong [mountain-fortress] in a long narrow valley just south of sacred Kyeryong-san, to defend his new kingdom from the south.
		Front-and-center in this photo, just left of the Dong-jin-bosal [Leading Guardian Bodhisattva-Spirit] is Founder-King Wang Geon [Goryeo Taejo] himself, helping to protect his own temple.
	san-shin.org /newdis-06.html (402 words)

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		Wang In is a great scholar from Baekjae and in A.D 405, he went to Japan with 10 copies of Analects of Confusions and 1 copy of the Thousand Chinese Characters Text as he was invited by Japan's Wunsincheonhwang.
		Especially, there are many of ruins related to Wang In in Kinki region of Japan.
		He served as a munhanseo, and until 936, he served in the wars as a tactician while taking the responsibilities such as royal edict, and contributed to the establishment of Goryeo.
	english.gurim.org /tour-1.htm (2179 words)

	Amazon.com: "Wang Geon": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		See all pages with references to "Wang Geon".
		Wang Geon, the last rebel leader, the son of a gentry family, became the first minister of Gung Ye.
		Tangut Sheyuming on the nineteenth, and the ambassador Jang Bin [Zhang Bin] on the twenty-third, for the King of Kory, Wang Geon [Wang Jian].
	amazon.com /phrase/Wang-Geon (331 words)

	Reference Encyclopedia - Goryeo
		Wang Geon, who was a lord of Songak (present-day Gaesong), joined Taebong but overthrew Gung Ye and established Goryeo in 918.
		Wang Geon moved the capital to his hometown Gaeseong, and ruled the Korean peninsula as the first king of Goryeo.
		The terminology used in the court of Goryeo adopted the system of an empire, not of a kingdom.
	www.referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=Goryeo (1210 words)

	Korean History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wang Geon, the son of a noble family, became the first minister of Gung Ye.
		Wang Geon established Goryeo as a centralized state by winning over provincial leaders, and was particularly careful to placate the Silla aristocracy.
		King Taejo's (Wang Geon's posthumous title) lenient policy, along with his marriage ties, kept the rebellious local lords relatively obedient.
	korea.assembly.go.kr /history_html/history_06/gor_01.jsp (1130 words)

	Goryeo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This period is known as the Later Three Kingdoms era.
		Wang Geon (왕건), who was a lord of Songak (present-day Gaesong), joined Taebong but overthrew Gung Ye and renamed Taebong to Goryeo in 918.
		Wang Geon established and united the Korean peninsula and began his rule as the first king of Goryeo.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Goryeo (1322 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Daegu (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In this battle, the forces of Taebong were crushed and Wang Geon himself was saved only by the heroism of his general Sin Sunggyeom.
		However, it appears that the conduct of the Hubaekje forces at this time changed local sympathies to favor Wang Geon, who later became the king of Goryeo.
		Among these are "Ansim," which literally means "peace of mind," said to be the first place where Wang Geon dared to stop after escaping the battle, and "Banwol," or half-moon, where he is said to have stopped and admired the moon before returning to Taebong.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Daegu (1959 words)

	Shin Sung-gyeom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was instrumental in helping Wang Geon, who later founded the state of Goryeo, to achieve power.
		Shin is remembered today for giving his life for Wang Geon in the aftermath of a rout of their forces by Hubaekje near present-day Daegu.
		The Hubaekje forces then chased and slew Shin, thinking that he was Wang Geon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shin_Sung-gyeom (151 words)

	Goryeo Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Korea, the Goryeo Dynasty (고려; 高麗; 918-1392), also the Wang Dynasty, followed Silla and preceded the Joseon Dynasty.
		The founder was Taejo (태조; 太祖) (Wang Geon (왕건; 王__)).
		The last ruler is Gongyang Wang (공양왕; 恭讓王).
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/g/go/goryeo_dynasty.html (76 words)

	Untitled Document
		Before the founder Wang Geon established the Goryeo Dynasty, he stayed at this place from 903 to 914 as a general under Gungye of Taebong, where he fought with Gyonhwon of the late Baekje Dynasty.
		One day Wang Geon saw a multicolored cloud at the foot of the mountain that was above the camp.
		Thus was established the connection between the powerful clans of Naju and the process of Wang Geon's founding of the Goryeo Dynasty, and it was for this reason that Naju later became known as Eohyang
	www.naju.go.kr /english/culture/culture_02.html?no=41&exec=view&id=eng_culture (234 words)

	NIOSH Topic: Nanotechnology : Nanoparticle Information Library : Report \| CDC/NIOSH
		Wang, Y.; Tang, Z. Correa-Duarte, M. A., Liz-Marzán, L. M.; Kotov N. A.; Multicolor Luminescence Patterning by Photoactivation of Semiconductor Nanoparticle Film, J. Am.
		Wang, S.; Mamedova, N.; Kotov, N. A.; Chen, W.; Studer, J.; Antigen/Antibody Immunocomplex from CdTe Nanoparticle Bioconjugates, Nano Letters, 2002, 2(8), 817-822.
		Tang, Z,; Wang, Y.; Kotov, N. A.; Semiconductor Nanoparticles on Solid Substrates: Film Structure, Intermolecular Interactions and Polyelectrolyte Effects, Langmuir, 2002, 18(18), 7035-7040.
	www2a.cdc.gov /niosh-nil/report.asp?ID=101 (827 words)

	Naju-eup Fortress Tour
		It is the very historic place having tradition about a girl drawing water from springs, a leaf of willow and Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo Dynasty.
		Wang Geon met a girl named Oh(Queen of Janghwa in the future) here, fell in love with her and had the 2nd king Haejong.
		Use of the name of Naju started from in the late Unified Silla period and in the early Goryeo Dynasty, when Wang Geon and Gyeon Hwon fought.
	cybernaju.jeonnam.kr /html/service/tour/e_car_01_1.html (1635 words)

	Top AOW Warriors vs Top from "Wang Guhn"
		With regard to this matchup, I was not referring to Shin Duk of Bekjae, but to the sworn brother of Wang Geon, who led the rebellion against Goongyea, and who died in his sworn brother's place.
		Wang Guhn and AOW are clearly more interesting series' than the other one I mentioned.
		Taejo Wang Geon defeats Che Won clearly and decisively, due to utter superiority in military skill and strategy, honor, and courage.
	deiner.proboards48.com /index.cgi?board=aowtang&action=print&thread=1088592530 (5516 words)

	Ethnic origin of Tangun? - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		As for the Wangs changing their lastname, one theory I heard was that they changed 王 to 全.
		It is likely that the Wang clan had very distant Chinese extraction either through the Lelang commandery (1st century BC to 4th century AD) or from Go Choson (3rd or 2nd century BC).
		Wang In (王仁) of Baekje who transmitted Chinese characters most probably came from this clan, afterwards (at the end of Nabna period).
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=13027&st=15 (3057 words)

	Wikipedia search result
		Taebong (Later Goguryeo) was originally led by Gung Ye, a Buddhist monk who founded Later Goguryeo.
		The unpopular Gung Ye was deposed by Wang Geon (877-943) in 918, when Gung Ye killed his wife and son.
		Wang Geon was popular with his people, and he decided to unite the entire peninsula under one government.
	feedbus.com /wikis/wikipedia.php?title=History_of_Korea (5518 words)

	About Daegu - South Korea Hotels, Resorts & Travel Reservation - Asia Travel
		In this battle, the forces of Taebong were crushed and Wang Geon himself was saved only by the heroism of his general Sin Sunggyeom.
		However, it appears that the conduct of the Hubaekje forces at this time changed local sympathies to favor Wang Geon, who later became the king of Goryeo.
		Among these are "Ansim," which literally means "peace of mind," said to be the first place where Wang Geon dared to stop after escaping the battle, and "Banwol," or half-moon, where he is said to have stopped and admired the moon before returning to Taebong.
	www.asiatravel.net /southkorea/about_daegu.html (1444 words)

	Goryeo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 918 AD, Wang Geon took over the power of the state and renamed the state Goryeo to give the impression he had formed a new state and moved the capital to Gaeseong, where he had the support of a local power base and could form strong ties with other local gentry.
		In addition, he established close ties with Silla, with the intention of destroying Gyeonhwon and securing his position as a successor to Silla traditions and authority.
		Wang Geon took advantage to both attack Later Baekje and be seen as a defender of Silla.
	www.koreanfolk.co.kr /folk/english/03/b3.htm (656 words)

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