Kwang-Gae
(39 Moves)
In his encyclopaedia General Choi told us:
This
pattern is named after the famous Kwang Gae T’o Wang, the 19th King
of the Koguryo Dynasty, who regained all the lost territories including the
greater part of
What
I’ve discovered
King Tamdok (c. 374 to 413 A.D.) was posthumously given
the title Kwang Gae, which means ‘broad enlarger of territory’.
By advancing north and south, Kwang Gae overtook
Paekche land to the north of the
In 392 A.D. King Kwang-Gae is recorded to have had nine
Buddhist temples built.
He did not quite
succeed in unifying
Kwang Gae’s son who also went on to expand his
territory had a 24 foot monument erected in 414 A.D. next to his father’s tomb
to record his achievements. The monument had 18000 Chinese characters carved
into it, which record his conquests of 64 walled cities (sometimes referred to
as castles) and 1,400 villages.
This monument now finds itself located in present day
He died aged just 39.
King Kwang-Gae r. 391-413 A.D.
T’o (or T’oh) represents a ruling title, Wang means
King.
For
sources of this information please see the bibliography section of the site.
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