PersonAD 384

King Sosurim

Seventeenth king of Goguryeo, who adopted Buddhism, founded the Taehak and issued a law code

He came to the throne in the crisis after King Gogugwon was killed fighting Baekje, and rebuilt the state. When the monk Sundo brought Buddhist images and scriptures from Former Qin in 372, he accepted Buddhism to unite people’s beliefs, and the same year founded the Taehak, a state academy teaching the Confucian classics and history. In 373 he promulgated a law code. These reforms laid the foundation for Goguryeo’s height under Gwanggaeto and Jangsu.

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AD 372 – AD 373King Sosurim’s Reforms — Buddhism, Taehak and Lawmonarch
King Sosurim adopted Buddhism through the monk Sundo from Former Qin, founded the Taehak academy and issued a law code.

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Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979
From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model
Educational Institutions Through the AgesAD 372 – 1943
From the Taehak and Gukhak to the Gukjagam and Seonggyungwan, modern schools and the colonial education ordinances — state schools that trained officials and the private schools that filled the gaps