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PersonAD 822

Kim Heon-chang

Son of Kim Ju-won who, citing his father's lost claim to the throne, rebelled at Ungcheon-ju and proclaimed a state called Jangan

In 822, while governor of Ungcheon Province (Gongju), he rebelled and proclaimed the era name Gyeongun. Mujin, Wansan, Cheong and Sabeol provinces and the secondary capitals Gugwon, Seowon and Geumgwan briefly joined him. When royal troops took his fortress he killed himself, and in 825 his son Kim Beom-mun rebelled again. It is the best-known Late Silla revolt, showing how true-bone struggles for the throne spread to the provinces.

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    AD 822Rebellion of Kim Heon-changleader

    Kim Heon-chang, governor of Ungcheon-ju, rebelled over his father Kim Ju-won’s lost claim to the throne and proclaimed a state named Jangan with the era name Gyeongun.

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  • King HeondeokAD 826

    41st king of Silla, in whose reign Kim Heon-chang rebelled at Ungcheon-ju

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  • GongjuAD 475 – 1894

    From Ungjin, Baekje’s second capital, to Ugeumchi — the town on the Geum River that became the heart of Chungcheong

  • Cheongjuc. 700,000 years ago – 1728

    From the Heungsu child of Durubong Cave to the Jikji — Silla’s secondary capital Seowon, where the oldest surviving metal-type book was printed

  • GwangjuAD 685 – 1980

    Mujinju, where Gyeon Hwon first rose — city of the 1929 student independence movement and the May 18 Democratic Uprising