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Anjang of Goguryeo
Hangul	안장왕
Hanja	安藏王
Revised Romanization	Anjang-wang
McCune–Reischauer	Anjang-wang
Birth name
Hangul	흥안
Hanja	興安
Revised Romanization	Heung-an
McCune–Reischauer	Hŭngan

Anjang of Goguryeo (died 531, r. 519–531)^[1] was the 22nd ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. With his original name of Heung-an, he was the eldest son of Munjamyeong. He was named Crown Prince in the seventh year of Munjamyeong's reign (498),^[2] and assumed the throne when his father died in 519.^[3] He was supposedly assassinated in 531 without heir, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Anwon.^[2]^[1]

Under Anjang, Goguryeo continued to maintain close relations with the Chinese dynasties, notably Wei and Liang with constant 'tribute missions',^[2]^[4] to counterbalance the volatile relationship with the southerly Korean kingdoms of Baekje and Silla. He attacked Baekje in 523^[5] and 529,^[6] slaying more than 2,000 Baekje soldiers.

Historical records during the reign of Anjang are rarely found throughout East Asia with some erroneous marks on his death: the Book of Liang completed in 635 says Anjang died in 526 although the actual date is believed to be about five or six years later;^[7] The Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki quoting Baekje Bongi says Anjang was killed amid bloody chaos,^[8] which implies the final years of his reign were unstable.^[9]^[10] Since chaos also marked the end of his brother Anwon’s reign, it is speculated that succession issues had already been entrenched among the Goguryeo aristocracy.^[2]^[11]

Family

Father: King Munja (문자명왕, 文咨明王)
- Grandfather: Prince Joda/Juda (조다, 助多)
Unknown wife
- Son: Lord Bokgwi (복귀군, 福貴君) – married a Japanese woman and had a son named Go Bu-ryeon (고부련, 高夫連).

The Love story of Go Heung-an and Lady Han

Among the numerous historical Korean stories, there is the Love story of a Baekje woman and the 22nd Great King of Goguryeo. It shows many parallels to the Western culture's Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and also the story of Prince Hodong and Princess Nangnang, who also had a forbidden love.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "King Anjang". KBS Radio. Korean Broadcasting System. 2015-06-15. Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chong-uk, Yi (2005). The history of Goguryeo (고구려의 역사) (in Korean) (1-p'an. ed.). Seoul: Kimyŏngsa. pp. 369–375. ISBN 9788934917625. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ Kim, Bushik. "Samguk Sagi". Korea History Database (한국사데이터베이스). Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ Yoo, Chan Yul (1990). The International Relations of Korea as a Small State. p. 67.
^ Kim, Bushik (1145). Samguk Sagi (三國史記卷第二十六百濟本紀第四 ed.).
^ Kim, Bushik (1145). Samguk Sagi (三國史記卷第二十六百濟本紀第四 ed.).
^ 《梁書》(Book of Liang) V. 54 Annal of Goguryeo: “(普通)七年安卒子延立遣使貢獻詔以延襲爵”이라고 기록되어 있다.
^ 《日本書紀》卷第十七男大迹天皇繼體天皇: (廿五年) 冬十二月丙申朔庚子葬于藍野陵; 或本云天皇廿八年歲次甲寅崩而此云廿五年歲次辛亥崩者取百濟本記爲文其文云太歲辛亥三月軍進至于安羅營乞乇城是月高麗弑其王安又聞日本天皇及太子皇子俱崩薨由此而言辛亥之歲當廿五年矣後勘校者知之也
^ 정, 구복. 역주 삼국사기 3 주석편. 한국정신문화연구원. p. 400.
^ Kim, Hyŏn-suk (2005). The methodology of Goguryeo's division ruling (in Korean). Seoul: Mosinŭn Saramdŭl. p. 400. ISBN 9788990699305. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ Lee, Yoon-seop (2014). 한나절에 읽는 백제의 역사 (History of Baekje reading in a day). p. 400. ISBN 9791155191965. Retrieved 4 February 2016.