King Gyeongmun景文王

King Gyeongmun ascended the throne. His name was Eungnyeom (膺廉), and he was the son of Gyemyeong the achan, a grandson of King Huigang. His mother was called Lady Gwanghwa — she is also called Gwangui (光義) — and his queen was Lady Yeonghwa of the house of Kim.

In the first year, in the third month, the king went to the Mupyeong gate. There was a great amnesty.

In the second year, in spring, the first month, Kim Jeong of the rank of ichan was made sangdaedeung, and Wijin of the rank of achan was made sijung. In the second month the king himself offered sacrifice at the Singung.

In autumn, the seventh month, an envoy was sent to go to the Tang and present the products of this land. In the eighth month Buryang the achan and his party, who were going into the Tang as envoys, sank in the water and died.

In the third year, in spring, the second month, the king went to the National Academy and had the baksa and those below them expound the meaning of the classics, and he gave out goods to each by his degree.

In winter, the tenth month, the peach and the plum flowered. In the eleventh month no snow fell. He took the younger sister of Lady Yeonghwa as his second queen.

On another day the king asked the monk of Heungnyunsa, "What were those three gains the master spoke of before?" He answered, "At that time the king and the queen were glad that it went as they wished, and their love for you grew deeper by degrees. That is one. Through this you came to succeed to the great seat. That is two. And in the end you married the younger daughter you had sought at the first. That is three." The king laughed greatly.

In the fourth year, in spring, the second month, the king went to Gameunsa and looked out over the sea. In summer, the fourth month, an envoy of the country of Japan arrived.

In the fifth year, in summer, the fourth month, Yizong of the Tang sent Hu Guihou, the right admonisher of the crown prince and palace censor, and Pei Guang the vice envoy, recorder of the Court of Imperial Entertainments and concurrently investigating censor, and others, to mourn and offer sacrifice for the former king. They brought a thousand pil as a funeral gift as well, and they invested the king as grand minister with honors equal to the three offices, acting grand commandant, commissioner bearing the tally and grand governor, commander of all military affairs of Gyerimju, Pillar of State, and King of Silla.

Then they gave the king one writ of office, one set of the banner and tally, five hundred pil of figured silk, two suits of clothing, and seven vessels of gold and silver; to the queen fifty pil of figured silk, one suit of clothing, and two vessels of silver; to the crown prince forty pil of figured silk, one suit of clothing, and one vessel of silver; to the chief minister thirty pil of figured silk, one suit of clothing, and one vessel of silver; and to the next minister twenty pil of figured silk, one suit of clothing, and one vessel of silver.

In the sixth year, in spring, the first month, the king's father was invested as Great King Uigong, his mother Lady Gwanghwa of the house of Bak as Queen Mother Gwangui, and his lady of the house of Kim as Queen Munui. He set up his son Jeong as crown prince. On the fifteenth day he went to Hwangnyongsa to look at the lanterns, and then he gave a feast to all the officials.

In winter, the tenth month, Yunheung the ichan, with his younger brothers Sukheung and Gyeheung, plotted a revolt. The matter came to light and they fled to Daesan commandery. The king commanded that they be pursued and taken and cut down, and their kindred to the third degree were wiped out.

In the seventh year, in spring, the first month, the Imhaejeon was built anew. In summer, the fifth month, there was a pestilence in the capital. In autumn, the eighth month, there was a great flood and the grain did not ripen. In winter, the tenth month, envoys were sent out by separate roads to comfort the people. In the twelfth month a guest star trespassed on Taebaek.

In the eighth year, in spring, the first month, Kim Ye and Kim Hyeon of the rank of ichan and others plotted a revolt and were put to death. In summer, the sixth month, lightning struck the pagoda of Hwangnyongsa. In autumn, the eighth month, the Joweonjeon was built anew.

In the ninth year, in autumn, the seventh month, the king's son Kim Yun of the rank of sopan and others were sent into the Tang to give thanks for favor, and they presented two horses, one hundred nyang of gold in flakes like flour, two hundred nyang of silver, fifteen nyang of ox bezoar, one hundred geun of ginseng, ten pil of eoageum brocade with large flowers, ten pil of eoageum brocade with small flowers, twenty pil of johageum brocade, forty pil of white ramie cloth of forty sae, forty pil of stuff for ramie jackets of thirty sae, one hundred and fifty nyang of false hair four cheok five chon long, three hundred nyang of false hair three cheok five chon long, ten strands each of bands of five-colored thread twisted at the head of a gold hairpin together with dappled breast straps, twenty sets of gold chain swivels for hawks with bundap and red hoods, thirty sets of gold chain swivels for hawks of the new pattern with bundap and hoods of five colors, twenty sets of silver chain swivels for hawks with bundap and red hoods, thirty sets of silver chain swivels for hawks of the new pattern with bundap and hoods of five colors, twenty sets of silver chain swivels for sparrow hawks with bundap and red hoods, thirty sets of silver chain swivels for sparrow hawks of the new pattern with bundap and hoods of five colors, two hundred gold-flowered bells for hawks, two hundred gold-flowered bells for sparrow hawks, fifty pairs of gold-chased tail tubes for hawks, fifty pairs of gold-chased tail tubes for sparrow hawks, fifty pairs of silver-chased tail tubes for hawks, fifty pairs of silver-chased tail tubes for sparrow hawks, one hundred pairs of red-dyed leathers for tying hawks, one hundred pairs of red-dyed leathers for tying sparrow hawks, thirty gold needle cases set with seulseul, thirty gold-flowered silver needle cases, and one thousand five hundred needles.

He also sent the student Yi Dong and two others to follow Kim Yun the tribute envoy into the Tang and learn their studies there, and he gave them three hundred nyang of silver to buy books.

In the tenth year, in spring, the second month, Kim In of the rank of sachan was sent into the Tang to serve in the guard. In summer, the fourth month, the earth shook in the capital. In the fifth month the queen died. In autumn, the seventh month, there was a great flood. In winter no snow fell. Many people of the country fell sick.

In the eleventh year, in spring, the first month, the king commanded the office in charge to build the pagoda of Hwangnyongsa anew. In the second month the Wolsangnu was built anew.

In the twelfth year, in spring, the second month, he himself offered sacrifice at the Singung. In summer, the fourth month, the earth shook in the capital. In autumn, the eighth month, locusts harmed the grain in the ju and the commanderies within the country.

In the thirteenth year, in spring, the people went hungry and fell sick as well, and the king sent out envoys to relieve and save them. In autumn, the ninth month, the pagoda of Hwangnyongsa was finished in nine stories, twenty-two gil high.

In the fourteenth year, in spring, the first month, Kim Jeong the sangdaedeung died, and so Wijin the sijung was made sangdaedeung and Inheung was made sijung.

In summer, the fourth month, Xizong of the Tang sent an envoy to proclaim his will.

In the fifth month Geunjong the ichan plotted a revolt and broke into the palace, and the guards of the forbidden army were sent out and beat him and broke him. Geunjong and his party went out of the walls by night, and they were pursued and taken and torn apart by carts.

In autumn, the ninth month, the Woljeongdang was built anew. Choe Chiwon passed the examinations in the Tang.

In the fifteenth year, in spring, the second month, the earth shook in the capital and in the east of the country. A comet came out in the east, and only after twenty days did it go out.

In summer, the fifth month, a dragon appeared in the well of the royal palace, and in a moment clouds and mist gathered from the four sides and it flew away.

In autumn, on the eighth day of the seventh month, the king died, and he was given the posthumous name Gyeongmun (景文).