King Gongmin

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  • Reign: 1351-1374
  • Korean: 恭愍王 (Gongmin wang)

King Gongmin was a king of the Korean kingdom of Koryo. He was the first to enter into tributary relations with Ming Dynasty China.

References

  • Joshua van Lieu, "The Tributary System and the Persistence of Late Victorian Knowledge," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 77:1 (2017), 83.