PersonAD 660

King Uija

Last king of Baekje, who took Daeya Fortress from Silla but surrendered to the Silla–Tang allies

Early on he was so devoted to his parents and brothers that he was called the "Zengzi of the East." In 642 he personally took more than forty Silla fortresses in the west and sent Yunchung to capture Daeya Fortress, a key point west of the Nakdong River. In 643 he joined Goguryeo in attacking Silla’s Danghangseong. In later years he is said to have lived in luxury and ignored loyal ministers such as Seongchung and Heungsu. When the Silla–Tang forces invaded in 660 and Sabi fell, he fled to Ungjin and then surrendered; he was taken to Tang and died there.

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2 related events

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AD 642Baekje Takes Daeya Fortressmonarch
King Uija seized some forty Silla fortresses and sent General Yunchung to take Daeya; Kim Chun-chu’s daughter and son-in-law died there.
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AD 660Fall of Baekjemonarch
Allied Silla and Tang forces took the capital Sabi, and King Uija surrendered, ending Baekje.

People who appear alongside

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
Kim Yu-sinAD 595 – AD 673
Silla general of Geumgwan Gaya royal descent who defeated Gyebaek and led the unification wars
Su DingfangAD 592 – AD 667
Tang general who crossed the sea with 130,000 troops to attack Baekje

Themes this person appears in

Wars of Korean UnificationAD 598 – AD 676
From Goguryeo's wars with Sui and Tang to Silla's unification — eighty years of East Asian war on the peninsula
GongjuAD 475 – 1894
From Ungjin, Baekje’s second capital, to Ugeumchi — the town on the Geum River that became the heart of Chungcheong
Buyeo2000 BC – 1376
From the Songguk-ri village to Sabi, Baekje’s last capital — the Geum River town where Baekje culture bloomed and fell