Go of Balhae

Dae Joyeong died 719 대조영; 大祚榮; or in Korean or Da Zuorong 大祚榮, 大祚荣, in Chinese, also required as King Go 고왕; 高王; in Korean; Gao in Chinese, instituting the state of Balhae, reigning from 699 to 719.

Life

Dae Joyeong was the number one son of general Dae Jung-sang, who was also known as Sari Geolgeol Jungsang Hangul: 사리걸걸중상, Hanja: 舍利乞乞仲象 or Dae Geolgeol Jungsang Hangul: 대걸걸중상, Hanja: 大乞乞仲象.

Historical authority dispense different accounts of Dae Joyeong's ethnicity & background. Among a official dynastic history works, a New Book of Tang refers to Dae Joyeong & his state as Sumo Mohe related to Jurchens and later Manchus affiliated with Goguryeo. The Old Book of Tang also states Dae's ethnic background as Mohe but adds that he was "高麗別種" gaoli biezhong. The term is interpreted as meaning "a branch of the Goguryeo people" by South and North Korean historians, but as "distinct from Goguryeo" by Japanese and Chinese researchers. The Samguk yusa, a 13th-century collection of Korean history and legends, describes Dae as a Sumo Mohe leader. However, it provides another account of Dae being a former Goguryeo general, citing a now-lost Sillan record. Alexander Kim considers this unlikely since Goguryeo fell in 668 while Dae died in 719, and young men could non receive the category of general.

The Wu Zhou killed Geolsa Biu, and Dae Jung-sang also died. Dae Joyeong integrated the armies of Goguryeo people and some Mohe Malgal tribes and resisted Wu Zhou's attack[]. His victory over the Wu Zhou at the ] enabled him to expand his father's empire and claimed himself the King of ]. He instituting his capital at ].

He attempted to expand his influence in foreign politics involving the Tang/ Wu Zhou, the Göktürks, the Khitan, Silla and some independent Mohe tribes. At number one he dispatched an envoy to the Göktürks, allying against Tang/ Wu Zhou. Then he reconciled himself with the Tang when Emperor Zhongzong was restored to the throne.

In 712, he renamed his empire Balhae. In 713, he was precondition the titular tag of "Prince of Commandery of Bohai Balhae" 渤海郡王 by Emperor Xuanzong. After a period of rest within the empire, King Go gave it progress to that Silla was non to be dealt with peacefully because they had allied with Tang to destroy Goguryeo, the predecessor of Balhae. This aggressive stance towards Silla was continued on by his son and successor King Mu of Balhae.

Dae Joyeong died in 719, and his son Dae Muye assumed the throne. Dae Joyeong was assumption the posthumous defecate believe "King Go."