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Goryeo metal movable type
Goryeo metal movable type (고려 금속활자) is cast bronze printing type developed in Korea's Goryeo dynasty, first recorded in 1234; the oldest surviving metal-type book, Jikji, was printed in 1377.
Goryeo metalwork
Goryeo metalwork (고려 금속공예) is the metal craft of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), chiefly Buddhist objects, vessels, and ornaments in bronze, silver, and gold, known for silver-inlaid incense burners and repoussé with fish-roe ring-matting.
Goryeo military system
The Goryeo military system (고려 군제) was the military organization of Goryeo, the Korean kingdom of 918 to 1392, centered on the two armies and six guards.
Goryeo military technology
Goryeo military technology (고려 군사기술) is the weapons, armory system, and gunpowder program of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), which defeated Japanese pirates at Jinpo in 1380.
Goryeo mining
Goryeo mining (고려 광업) is the extraction of iron, copper, gold, and silver in Korea during the Goryeo dynasty, organized by the state through special communities called so.
Goryeo navy
The Goryeo navy (고려 수군) was the maritime military force of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), rebuilt in the late 14th century with gunpowder weapons to defeat Japanese pirates.
Goryeo northern expansion
Goryeo northern expansion (북진 정책) was Goryeo's effort, from the early 10th century, to push its border north to the Yalu River against the Jurchens and Khitan.
Goryeo official ranks
Goryeo official ranks were the graded titles and posts by which Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) ordered its bureaucracy, built on an eighteen-grade scale with civil and military prestige ladders and noble enfeoffment.
Goryeo painting
Goryeo painting is the painting of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), known chiefly through about 160 surviving Buddhist silk scrolls from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Goryeo paper
Goryeo paper (고려지, goryeoji) is the handmade paper of Korea's Goryeo dynasty, made from paper mulberry bark and prized in Song China as the finest available.
Goryeo pottery
Goryeo pottery is the ceramic ware produced in Korea during the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), best known for its jade-green celadon and the inlay technique sanggam.
Goryeo printing
Goryeo printing is the printing culture of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), combining large-scale woodblock printing of the Buddhist canon with the earliest documented movable metal type in 1234.
Goryeo roads and post stations
Goryeo roads and post stations (역로; 역참) were the overland transport and communication network of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), organized into 22 routes with 525 relay stations supplying horses and lodging.
Goryeo royal ancestral shrine
The Goryeo royal ancestral shrine, known as Taemyo (태묘), was the Goryeo dynasty's state shrine where memorial tablets of deceased kings were enshrined and worshipped from 918 to 1392.
Goryeo Seon
Goryeo Seon (선종) is the Korean Chan Buddhist meditation school, brought from Tang China by Silla monks in the 8th and 9th centuries and organized into the Nine Mountain schools.
Goryeo shipbuilding
Goryeo shipbuilding (고려 조선술) was the shipbuilding tradition of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), marked by flat-bottomed hulls joined with wooden pegs and grooved clinker seams.
Goryeo sutra copying
Goryeo sutra copying, or sagyeong (사경), was the hand copying of Buddhist scriptures in Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), a devotional art using gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper.
Goryeo tax system
The Goryeo tax system (고려의 조세 제도) raised revenue for Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) through the land tax, tribute in local products, and corvée labor paid by the farming majority.
Goryeo under Mongol rule
Goryeo under Mongol rule (원간섭기, the Period of Yuan Interference) lasted from 1259 to 1356, when Goryeo kept its dynasty and government but its kings married Yuan princesses.
Goryeo–Japan relations
Goryeo–Japan relations (고려·일본 관계) were the diplomatic, commercial, and military contacts between Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) and Japan, marked by Tsushima-mediated trade, Mongol invasions, and wakō piracy.
Goryeo–Japan trade
Goryeo–Japan trade was maritime commerce between the Korean kingdom of Goryeo (918–1392) and Japan, conducted mainly from the eleventh through the thirteenth century through licensed Japanese ships sent to designated Goryeo ports.
Goryeo–Jin relations
Goryeo–Jin relations were the dealings between the Korean kingdom of Goryeo and the Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234), beginning with frontier war and settling into amicable tributary relations.
Goryeo–Joseon transition
The Goryeo–Joseon transition was the replacement of the Goryeo dynasty by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean peninsula between 1388 and 1392, led by Yi Seong-gye.
Goryeo–Jurchen conflicts
The Goryeo–Jurchen conflicts (고려-여진 전쟁) were wars between Korea's Goryeo dynasty and the Jurchen Wanyan clan, fought from 1104 to 1109; Goryeo captured nine fortresses, then returned them in 1109.
Goryeo–Jurchen relations
Goryeo–Jurchen relations (고려·여진 관계) were the political, military, and tributary dealings between the Korean kingdom of Goryeo (918–1392) and the Jurchen, ending in Goryeo's vassalage to Jin.
Goryeo–Jurchen War
The Goryeo–Jurchen War (1104–1109) pitted Korea's Goryeo dynasty, commanded by Yun Gwan, against the Jurchen; Goryeo built nine fortresses in 1107 but returned them in 1109.
Goryeo–Later Baekje War
The Goryeo–Later Baekje War was the war between Goryeo under Wang Geon and Later Baekje under Gyeon Hwon, fought from about 920 to 936 and ended by Goryeo's victory at the Battle of Illicheon in 936.
Goryeo–Liao relations
Goryeo–Liao relations (고려-요 관계) were the tributary and military relations between the Korean state of Goryeo and the Khitan-led Liao dynasty, spanning Khitan invasions in 993, 1010, and 1018.
Goryeo–Ming conflict over Liaodong
The Goryeo–Ming conflict over Liaodong was a diplomatic and military confrontation between Korea's Goryeo dynasty and Ming China over the Liaodong region, escalating under King U.
Goryeo–Mongol peace treaty (1259)
The Goryeo–Mongol peace treaty (화친) of 1259 ended Goryeo's war with the Mongol Empire, whose crown prince Wang Chon submitted in person and returned as King Wonjong.