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Gwisil Boksin
Hangul 복신
Hanja 鬼室福信
Revised Romanization Gwisil Boksin
McCune-Reischauer Kwisil Pok-sin

Gwisil Boksin (?-663) was a military leader of the Korean kingdom of Baekje. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Events By Place Byzantine Empire Byzantine Emperor Constans II invades south Italy. Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea He is remembered primarily as a leader of a movement for the restoration of Baekje after the kingdom fell in 660. Events By Place Europe Slavic principality of Carantania is first mentioned in historical sources He was a distant cousin of King Uija, Baekje's last recognized king. King Uija of Baekje (백제 의자왕/ ? - 660? r 641 - 660 was the 31st and final ruler of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was from the Gwisil Clan or Kwisil (鬼室; Japanese: Kishitsu). The Gwisil Clan (Kwi-sil 鬼室 Japanese Kishitsu were descendants of the Kings of Baekje and were very influential towards the end of the kingdom

In 660, Baekje was attacked by the allied armies of Silla and Tang Dynasty China. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by The capital, Sabi, was taken, but Boksin resisted near modern-day Yesan. Yesan County ( Yesan-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province South Korea. After King Uija's surrender to Tang, Boksin and the monk Dochim kindled a restoration movement. They sent for the prince Buyeo Pung, who had been living as a hostage in Yamato period Japan, an important Baekje ally. Buyeo Pung, known as in Japan was one of the sons of King Uija of Baekje. This is summary of two more detailed articles Kofun period and Asuka period. With some Japanese aid, they gathered the remnants of the Baekje army and launched a series of attacks on the Silla-Tang forces.

In 663, Silla and Tang counterattacked, and besieged the restoration movement at a fortress known as Juryu Castle (주류성/周留城). At this point Boksin appears to have betrayed the restoration movement. He had Dochim killed and sought to slay Prince Pung as well. However, Pung killed him first, and fled to Goguryeo. Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and The restoration movement was destroyed shortly thereafter at the Battle of Baekgang. The Battle of Baekgang, also known as Battle of Baekgang-gu or by the Japanese name Battle of Hakusukinoe (白村江の戦い Hakusuki-no-e no

The location of Juryu Castle, at which Boksin's life came to an end, is now generally believed to be Ugeumam Mountain Fortress in Buan County, North Jeolla. Buan County ( Buan-gun) is a county in North Jeolla Province South Korea. Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. [1]

Rites to propitiate the spirits of Boksin and Dochim are still held annually at the village of Eunsan-ri in Buyeo County, near the ancient Baekje capital. Buyeo County ( Buyeo-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province South Korea.

His son Gwisil Jipsa (鬼室集斯 Kwisil Chip-sa; Japanese: Kishitsu Shushi) would migrate to Japan in the eighth year of Emperor Tenji (676). Gwisil Jipsa (鬼室集斯 Japanese Kishitsu Shushi also pronounced Kwisil Chip-sa Shushi would be the ancestor of some Japanese clans such as the Kikuchi of Higo in Kyushu. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ Hong, Wontack. (1994). Paekche of Korea and the Origin of Yamato Japan. Seoul: Kudara International.

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See also

The history of Korea stretches from Lower Paleolithic times to the present This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula
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