Dochim
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| Dochim | |
| Hangul | 도침 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Dochim |
| McCune–Reischauer | Dochim |
Dochim (Korean: 도침; died 661) was a Buddhist monk of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He is remembered primarily as a leader of a movement for the restoration of Baekje after the kingdom fell in 660 along with Gwisil Boksin.[1]
In 660, Baekje was attacked by the allied armies of Silla and Tang dynasty China. The capital, Sabi, was taken, but Gwisil Boksin resisted near modern-day Yesan. After King Uija's surrender to Tang dynasty China, Boksin and the monk Dochim kindled a restoration movement. They sent for the prince Buyeo Pung, who had been living as a hostage in Yamato period Japan, an important Baekje ally. With some Japanese aid, they gathered the remnants of the Baekje army and launched a series of attacks on the Silla-Tang forces.[2]
In 663, Silla and Tang counterattacked, and besieged the restoration movement at a fortress known as Juryu Castle (주류성/
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[edit]References
[edit]- Hong, Wontack. (1994). Paekche of Korea and the Origin of Yamato Japan. Seoul: Kudara International.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061220223926/http://gias.snu.ac.kr/wthong/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080827190959/http://www.himemiko.info/2006/01/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071113135549/http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture_e/ibunka/monuments/siga/index.html