What is Gung Ye?
{{Infobox Monarch |name =Gung Ye |title =King of Goryeo |image = |caption = |reign = 901 – 918 |coronation = 901 |predecessor = - |successor =[[Taejo of Goryeo]] |spouse =[[Queen Shincheon Kang]] |issue = Chunggwang, Shingwang, Sunbaek |royal house =[[House of Kim]] |royal anthem = |father = [[Heonan of Silla]] or [[Gyungmun of Silla]] |mother = Lady JAng |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date ={{death date|918|7|24}} |death_place = |buried = }} '''Gung Ye''' ({{ko-hhrm|궁예|弓裔}}, 869? {{ndash}} 24 July 918) was the king of the [[Hugoguryeo]] kingdom. He was a [[Silla]] noble. His family name was Kim ({{ko-hhrm|김|金}}), but was changed to Gung ({{ko-hhrm|궁|弓}}). == Life == He was the illegitimate child of King [[Heonan of Silla]] or [[Gyeongmun of Silla]]. Later, around 880 he lost in the [[Silla]] royal family's war of succession. Gung Ye disappeared in the north. In 900, he started a country called Goryeo. == References == {{wikisource}} * The Academy of Korean Studies, ''Korea through the Ages Vol. 1'', The Editor Publishing Co., Seoul, 2005. {{ISBN|89-7105-544-8}} {{s-start}} {{s-hou|[[Taebong|House of Gung]]||c. 869||918}} {{s-reg}} {{s-bef|before=''none''}} {{s-ttl|title=King of [[Taebong]]|years=901–918}} {{s-aft|after=[[Taejo of Goryeo|Taejo]]|as=King of [[Goryeo]]}} {{s-pre}} {{s-bef|before=''none''}} {{s-tul|title=[[List of monarchs of Korea|King of Goguryeo]] |years=901–918 |reason=[[Later Three Kingdoms]] |line=Goguryeo claimant}} {{s-aft|after=}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gung Ye}} [[Category:918 deaths]] [[Category:Korean monarchs]] [[Category:Korean murder victims]] [[Category:Kings and queens]] [[Category:Religious people]] [[Category:860s births]] {{bio-stub}}