- Yeon
Namsaeng (Korean: 연남생; Hanja: 淵男生; 634–679) was the
eldest son of the
Goguryeo Dae Magniji [ko] (대막리지, 大莫離支; highest-ranking
official or dictator;...
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Namgeon became embroiled in a
power struggle with his
elder brother Yeon
Namsaeng.
Namgeon and his
younger brother Namsan staged a coup
against their older...
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course of his
career shadowed closely that of his
elder brother Yeon
Namsaeng. From an
early age he was
appointed Seonin (선인; 先人), and
rising through...
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biographical accounts, from the New Book of Tang,
dedicated to his sons Yeon
Namsaeng and Yeon Namsan. Tang
Chinese historical records give Yeon Gaesomun's surname...
- Yeon
Namsaeng. As Yeon
Namsaeng subsequently carried out a tour of
Goguryeo territory, however,
rumors began to
spread both that Yeon
Namsaeng was going...
- Yeon
Namsaeng. As Yeon
Namsaeng subsequently carried out a tour of
Goguryeo territory, however,
rumors began to
spread both that Yeon
Namsaeng was going...
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himself while Yeon
Namsaeng was away from the
capital Pyongyang. The two
brothers then
forced the king
Bojang to
arrest Yeon
Namsaeng.
Unable to reclaim...
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mounted a
fresh invasion in the
following year,
aided by the
defector Yeon
Namsaeng. In late 668,
exhausted from
numerous military attacks and
suffering from...
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Goguryeo into
their administration and military, such as the
brothers Yeon
Namsaeng (634–679) and Yeon
Namsan (639–701). From 668 to 676, the Tang
Empire controlled...
- Yeon Namgeon,
while Yeon
Namsaeng was away from the
capital Pyongyang,
claimed the Dae
Mangniji title himself. Yeon
Namsaeng sent his son (later known...
