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PersonAD 647

Bidam

Silla chief minister whose revolt against the queen was crushed by Kim Yu-sin

In 647, as sangdaedeung presiding over the aristocratic council, he and Yeomjong occupied Myeonghwal Fortress and rose in arms. When a great star fell on Wolseong and the royal troops took fright, Kim Yu-sin is said to have flown a burning scarecrow on a kite and spread word that the fallen star had risen again. Queen Seondeok died during the revolt and Queen Jindeok succeeded her; Bidam and thirty others were executed. The faction of Kim Chun-chu and Kim Yu-sin that crushed the revolt took power.

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    AD 647Bidam’s Rebellionleader

    The chief minister Bidam rebelled, claiming a queen could not rule, and was crushed by Kim Yu-sin and Kim Chun-chu.

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  • Kim Yu-sinAD 595 – AD 673

    Silla general of Geumgwan Gaya royal descent who defeated Gyebaek and led the unification wars

  • King Muyeol (Kim Chun-chu)AD 603 – AD 661

    Twenty-ninth king of Silla, who forged the Tang alliance, became the first jingol king and conquered Baekje

  • Queen SeondeokAD 647

    Twenty-seventh ruler and Silla's first queen, under whom Cheomseongdae and the nine-storey pagoda of Hwangnyongsa were built

  • Queen JindeokAD 654

    Twenty-eighth ruler and last "hallowed-bone" monarch of Silla, enthroned during Bidam’s revolt, under whom the Silla–Tang alliance was made and the Jipsabu set up