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Hyeonjong of Goryeo

992–1031 · 11th century

Hyeonjong of Goryeo was king of Goryeo from 1009 to 1031. Brought to the throne after a coup, he faced the Khitan invasion of 1010, which burned Kaegyong and forced him to flee south to Naju. After the commander Gang Gam-chan destroyed a Khitan army at Gwiju in 1019, he restored the kingdom and ordered the carving of the first Korean Tripitaka.

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