Protectorate General to Pacify the East

Protectorate General to Pacify the East
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese安東都護府
Simplified Chinese安东都护府
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀndōng Dūhùfǔ
Wade–GilesAn1-tung1 Tu1-hu4-fu3
Korean name
Hangul안동도호부
Hanja安東都護府
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationAndong Dohobu
McCune–ReischauerAndong Tohobu

The Protectorate-General to Pacify the East (simplified Chinese: 安东都护府; traditional Chinese: 安東都護府; pinyin: Āndōng Dūhùfǔ) was an administrative division of the Chinese Tang dynasty in Manchuria and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. It was established after the Tang dynasty defeated Goguryeo and annexed its territories. In the place of Baekje and Goguryeo, the Tang dynasty created the Protectorate General to Pacify the East and the Ungjin Commandery. A proposal to set up the Great Commandery of Gyerim by the Emperor Gaozong of Tang to King Munmu of Silla was refused.