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Goryeo's Submission to Jin

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 1126–1142

In 1126 Goryeo's King Injong submitted to Jin after Jin's destruction of Liao and Song's collapse;…

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  1. 1126Kaesong · GoryeoAfter Jin destroyed Liao and the Song house collapsed, Goryeo debated whether to submit to Jin until 1126. That year it sent envoys presenting state letters with vassal rites, and Jin Taizong returned the Uiju area along the Yalu River to Goryeo. Formal investiture as a vassal came in 1142.
  2. 1142Shangjing Huining Prefecture · NortheastIn 1142 Jin Xizong formally invested Goryeo's King Injong, confirming Goryeo's vassal status and consolidating Jin's Northeast Asian suzerain-vassal system. At this time Jin's capital was Shangjing Huining Prefecture (near present-day Acheng, Heilongjiang); the move to Zhongdu (present-day Beijing) came after 1153.

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