Paekche

Paekche
One of three kingdoms into which Korea was divided before AD 660.

It is traditionally said to have been founded in 18 BC by the legendary leader Onjo. In the 3rd century AD Paekche emerged as a fully developed kingdom, and by the 4th century it had extended its territory from the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula to the whole Han River basin in central Korea. By then it was a centralized aristocratic state. Confucianism and Buddhism flourished, and Paekche's visual arts revealed technical maturity and warm human qualities. In the 5th century it was pushed back south by the northern Korean kingdom of Koguryŏ, and in 660 it fell to an alliance of the southern Korean state of Silla and the Tang-dynasty China.

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▪ ancient kingdom, Korea
      one of three kingdoms into which ancient Korea was divided before 660. Occupying the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula, Paekche is traditionally said to have been founded in 18 BC in the Kwangju area by a legendary leader named Onjo. By the 3rd century AD, during the reign of King Koi (234–286), Paekche emerged as a fully developed kingdom. By the reign of King Kŭnch'ogo (346–375), it had established control over a region that included the whole Han River basin in central Korea.

      In the late 5th century the northern Korean kingdom of Koguryŏ deprived Paekche of its territory in the Han River basin, and it moved its capital south to Ungjin (present Kongju). In the reign of King Sŏng (523–554), the kingdom was forced to move its capital even further south to Sabi (present Puyŏ), as more of its territory was occupied by Koguryŏ.

      The kingdom was divided into five administrative districts. There were 16 official grades in the central government, and the 6 officials of the first grade formed a kind of cabinet. The highest-ranking official, called sangjwapyong, was elected every three years.

      Buddhism flourished, and many temples were built. Confucianism also prospered, producing a large number of eminent scholars. Paekche visual arts reveal technical maturity along with warm human qualities, sometimes held to reflect the influence of southern Chinese art of the Six Dynasties period. These qualities are evident, for example, in softly modeled Buddha statues in relaxed poses, with their distinctive and expressive “Paekche smile.”

      In an attempt to contain Koguryŏ's attacks and recover some of its lost territory in the Han River basin, Paekche allied itself with Silla, the other southern Korean state, but it eventually lost this territory to Silla. In 660 its defeat by the allied forces of Silla and the Chinese T'ang dynasty (618–907) brought an end to its rule. Eight years later Silla's forces defeated the northern Korean state of Koguryŏ and united the Korean peninsula under the Unified Silla dynasty (668–935).

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