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The New History of Tang (book 220/“Gao[ju]li Monograph”) records his name as Gyeom Mojam 鉗牟岑 and his office as that of daejang 大長. |
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'''Geom Mojam''' (?-[[672]]) was the military leader of a short-lived movement to restore [[Goguryeo]] after its fall to [[Silla]] in the later [[7th century]] CE. After the kingdom fell to Tang and Silla in [[668]], he kindled an opposition movement in the [[Taedong River]] valley and in [[670]] established Ansun (안순 安舜;, another source has it as Anseung 안승 安勝) as the new King of Goguryeo. Anseung is believed to have been the illegitimate son of [[Bojang of Goguryeo|King Bojang]], the last ruler of that kingdom. The capital was set up in modern-day Chaeryŏng-gun, [[South Hwanghae]], [[North Korea]]. The rebellion is briefly described in the ''[[Samguk Sagi]]'', Goguryeo Book 10. |
'''Geom Mojam''' (?-[[672]]) was the military leader of a short-lived movement to restore [[Goguryeo]] after its fall to [[Silla]] in the later [[7th century]] CE. After the kingdom fell to Tang and Silla in [[668]], he kindled an opposition movement in the [[Taedong River]] valley and in [[670]] established Ansun (안순 安舜;, another source has it as Anseung 안승 安勝) as the new King of Goguryeo. Anseung is believed to have been the illegitimate son of [[Bojang of Goguryeo|King Bojang]], the last ruler of that kingdom. The capital was set up in modern-day Chaeryŏng-gun, [[South Hwanghae]], [[North Korea]]. The rebellion is briefly described in the ''[[Samguk Sagi]]'', Goguryeo Book 10. |
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One source gives Geom's birthplace as Surimseong (수림성, 水臨城), while the [[Samguk Sagi]] (“Annals of Silla”/King Munmu 10/Month 6) relates that he was a native of the walled city of Yŏngnim 永臨城 (location unknown). His date of birth is unknown. A military official, the [[Samguk Sagi]] relates he reached the rank of ''daehyeong'' (대형, 大兄), seventh among the 14 ranks of Goguryeo officialdom. Further, |
One source gives Geom's birthplace as Surimseong (수림성, 水臨城), while the [[Samguk Sagi]] (“Annals of Silla”/King Munmu 10/Month 6) relates that he was a native of the walled city of Yŏngnim 永臨城 (location unknown). His date of birth is unknown. A military official, the [[Samguk Sagi]] relates he reached the rank of ''daehyeong'' (대형, 大兄), seventh among the 14 ranks of Goguryeo officialdom. However, the [[New History of Tang]] (book 220/“Gaoli Monograph”) records his name as Gyeom Mojam 鉗牟岑 and his office as that of daejang 大長. |
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Further, the [[Samguk Sagi]] also relates that following the fall of Goguryeo Geom departed from Gungmo fortress 窮牟城 and arriving to the south of the [[Pae River]] 浿江 he met and killed several Tang officials and the monk Fa An 法安 before heading for Silla territory. En route to Silla he met Ansun at Sachi Island 史治島 (present day Soya Island) and together they came to Han fortress 漢城 (present day Chaeryŏng 載寧, Chaeryŏng county 載寧郡, South Hwanghae Province). There Ansun was proclaimed king. |
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After placing Ansun on the throne, Geom dispatched sohyeong 小兄 Dasik 多式 to Silla to request armed assistance and recognition from that kingdom. Silla at this time was struggling to avoid absorbtion into the [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]] empire through the [[Protectorate-General to Pacify the East]] (安東都護府), a military government Tang had established on the peninsula after the fall of Baekje and Goguryeo. Therefore, Silla eagerly sent an embassy recognizing Anseung as the legitimate King of Goguryeo and offering an alliance. |
After placing Ansun on the throne, Geom dispatched sohyeong 小兄 Dasik 多式 to Silla to request armed assistance and recognition from that kingdom. Silla at this time was struggling to avoid absorbtion into the [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]] empire through the [[Protectorate-General to Pacify the East]] (安東都護府), a military government Tang had established on the peninsula after the fall of Baekje and Goguryeo. Therefore, Silla eagerly sent an embassy recognizing Anseung as the legitimate King of Goguryeo and offering an alliance. |
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Revision as of 07:01, 28 January 2006
Geom Mojam (?-672) was the military leader of a short-lived movement to restore Goguryeo after its fall to Silla in the later 7th century CE. After the kingdom fell to Tang and Silla in 668, he kindled an opposition movement in the Taedong River valley and in 670 established Ansun (안순 安舜;, another source has it as Anseung 안승 安勝) as the new King of Goguryeo. Anseung is believed to have been the illegitimate son of King Bojang, the last ruler of that kingdom. The capital was set up in modern-day Chaeryŏng-gun, South Hwanghae, North Korea. The rebellion is briefly described in the Samguk Sagi, Goguryeo Book 10.
One source gives Geom's birthplace as Surimseong (수림성, 水臨城), while the Samguk Sagi (“Annals of Silla”/King Munmu 10/Month 6) relates that he was a native of the walled city of Yŏngnim 永臨城 (location unknown). His date of birth is unknown. A military official, the Samguk Sagi relates he reached the rank of daehyeong (대형, 大兄), seventh among the 14 ranks of Goguryeo officialdom. However, the New History of Tang (book 220/“Gaoli Monograph”) records his name as Gyeom Mojam 鉗牟岑 and his office as that of daejang 大長. Further, the Samguk Sagi also relates that following the fall of Goguryeo Geom departed from Gungmo fortress 窮牟城 and arriving to the south of the Pae River 浿江 he met and killed several Tang officials and the monk Fa An 法安 before heading for Silla territory. En route to Silla he met Ansun at Sachi Island 史治島 (present day Soya Island) and together they came to Han fortress 漢城 (present day Chaeryŏng 載寧, Chaeryŏng county 載寧郡, South Hwanghae Province). There Ansun was proclaimed king.
After placing Ansun on the throne, Geom dispatched sohyeong 小兄 Dasik 多式 to Silla to request armed assistance and recognition from that kingdom. Silla at this time was struggling to avoid absorbtion into the Tang empire through the Protectorate-General to Pacify the East (安東都護府), a military government Tang had established on the peninsula after the fall of Baekje and Goguryeo. Therefore, Silla eagerly sent an embassy recognizing Anseung as the legitimate King of Goguryeo and offering an alliance.
In 672, as their kingdom faced a massive Tang assault, relations between Geom and Ansun deteriorated. Geom was assassinated at the behest of Ansun, who fled to Silla and later ruled the short-lived Bodeok kingdom based in Iksan.
Geom's struggle is comparable to that of the Baekje leader Boksin, who led a similarly ill-fated attempt to restore the Baekje state a decade before. It can also be viewed as preparing the way for the Goguryeo diaspora described in [1].