King Seong聖王

King Seong (聖王) was named Myeongnong (明襛), and he was the son of King Muryeong. His wisdom and his understanding were outstanding and beyond the common, and he could decide matters well. When Muryeong died he succeeded to the throne, and the people of the country called him King Seong.

In autumn, the eighth month, troops of Goguryeo came to the Paesu, and the king ordered Jichung the jwajang to lead ten thousand foot and horse and go out to fight them and drive them off.

In the second year Gaozu of Liang invested the king by edict as one bearing the tally, commander of all military affairs of Baekje, general who settles the east, and king of Baekje.

In the third year, in spring, the second month, envoys were exchanged with Silla.

In the fourth year, in winter, the tenth month, Ungjinseong was repaired and the palisade at Sajeong was set up.

In the seventh year, in winter, the tenth month, Heungan the king of Goguryeo led his soldiers and horses himself and came to raid, and he took Hyeolseong on the northern border. The king ordered Yeonmo the jwapyeong to lead thirty thousand foot and horse and hold them off on the plain of Ogok, but he could not overcome them. More than two thousand men died.

In the tenth year, in autumn, the seventh month, on the day gapjin, stars fell like rain.

In the twelfth year, in spring, the third month, an envoy was sent into Liang with tribute. In summer, the fourth month, on the day jeongmyo, Hyeonghok (熒惑) trespassed on Namdu (南斗).

In the sixteenth year, in spring, the capital was moved to Sabi, and the name of the country was made Nambuyeo (南扶餘).

In the eighteenth year, in autumn, the ninth month, the king ordered the general Yeonhoe to attack Usanseong of Goguryeo, but he could not take it.

In the nineteenth year the king sent an envoy into Liang with tribute, and in a memorial he asked as well for a scholar of the Maoshi, for the meaning of sutras such as the Nirvana Sutra, and for artisans and painters, and this was granted.

In the twenty-fifth year, in spring, the first month, on the first day, a gihae day, the sun was eclipsed.

In the twenty-sixth year, in spring, the first month, Pyeongseong the king of Goguryeo plotted with Ye and attacked Doksanseong north of the Han River. The king sent an envoy to ask help of Silla, and the king of Silla ordered the general Jujin to set out with three thousand armored soldiers. Jujin marched day and night, covering two stages in one, came below Doksanseong, fought one battle with the troops of Goguryeo and broke them greatly.

In the twenty-seventh year, in spring, the first month, on the day gyeongsin, a white rainbow pierced the sun.

In winter, the tenth month, the king did not know that there were robbers in the capital of Liang, and he sent envoys with tribute. When the envoys arrived and saw the walls and the palace laid waste and broken, they wept aloud together outside the Duanmen gate, and no one who passed on the road and saw them failed to shed tears. When Hou Jing heard of it he was greatly angered and seized them and shut them up. Only when Jing was put down could they come back to their country.

In the twenty-eighth year, in spring, the first month, the king sent the general Dalgi with ten thousand troops to attack Dosalseong of Goguryeo and take it. In the third month troops of Goguryeo surrounded Geumhyeonseong.

In the thirty-first year, in autumn, the seventh month, Silla took the northeastern border and set up Sinju. In winter, the tenth month, a daughter of the king was married into Silla.

In the thirty-second year, in autumn, the seventh month, the king meant to fall upon Silla, and he led fifty foot and horse himself and came to Gucheon by night. Soldiers of Silla who lay in wait rose up and fought him, and he was harmed by the troops in the confusion and died. He was given the posthumous name Seong (聖).