Buyeo

Buyeo
夫餘 (Korean) (Hanja)
부여 (Hangul)
夫餘/扶餘 (Chinese)
c. 2nd century BC–494 AD
Map of Buyeo (3rd century)
Map of Buyeo (3rd century)
CapitalBuyeo
Common languagesBuyeo,
Classical Chinese (literary)
Religion
Buddhism,
Shamanism
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• ?–?
Hae Mo-su?
• 86 – 48 BC
Buru
• ? – 494 AD
Jan (孱) (last)
Historical eraAncient
• Established
c. 2nd century BC
• Disestablished
494 AD
Succeeded by
Eastern Buyeo
Goguryeo
Baekje
Today part ofChina
Buyeo
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFūyú
Korean name
Hangul부여
Hanja夫餘
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationBuyeo
McCune–ReischauerPuyŏ

Buyeo[1] (Korean부여; Korean pronunciation: [pu.jʌ]; Chinese: 夫餘/扶餘; pinyin: Fūyú/Fúyú), also rendered as Puyŏ[2][3] or Fuyu,[1][3][4][5] was an ancient kingdom that was centered in northern Manchuria in modern-day northeast China. It had ties to the Yemaek people, who are considered to be the ancestors of modern Koreans.[6][7][8] Buyeo is considered a major predecessor of the Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo and Baekje.

According to the Book of the Later Han, Buyeo was initially placed under the jurisdiction of the Xuantu Commandery,[9] one of Four Commanderies of Han in the later Western Han. Buyeo entered into formal diplomatic relations with the Eastern Han dynasty by the mid-1st century AD as an important ally of that empire to check the Xianbei and Goguryeo threats. Jurisdiction of Buyeo was then placed under the Liaodong Commandery of the Eastern Han.[10] After an incapacitating Xianbei invasion in 285, Buyeo was restored with help from the Jin dynasty. This, however, marked the beginning of a period of decline. A second Xianbei invasion in 346 finally destroyed the state excepting remnants in its core region; these survived as vassals of Goguryeo until their final annexation in 494.

Inhabitants of Buyeo included the Yemaek tribe.[11][12] There are no scholarly consensus on the classification of the languages spoken by the Puyo, with theories including Japonic,[13] Amuric[14] and a separate branch of macro-Tungusic.[15] According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, the Buyeo language was similar to those of Goguryeo and Ye, and the language of Okjeo was only slightly different from them.[16] Both Goguryeo and Baekje, two of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, considered themselves Buyeo's successors.[17][18][19]

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  9. ^ "夫餘本屬玄菟", Dongyi, Fuyu chapter of the Book of the Later Han
  10. ^ "獻帝時, 其王求屬遼東云", Dongyi, Fuyu chapter of the Book of the Later Han
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