Munjong of Goryeo (Wang Hui)

Timeline

1. 1046–1050Kaesong (Kaesong Special City) · GoryeoSucceeded his brother Hyeonjong (Goryeo's 10th king) in 1046; in the early years he reformed court government at Kaesong, and in 1047 ordered Choe Chung and others to review the laws, beginning to strengthen central control over the regions.
2. 1051–1060Kaesong (Kaesong Special City) · GoryeoIn the 1050s he continued promoting Confucian education and recruitment through the imperial examination, maintained diplomatic balance with Northern Song and the Liao dynasty, kept the domestic political situation relatively stable, and gradually deepened his civil policies.
3. 1061–1083Kaesong (Kaesong Special City) · GoryeoIn his later years he still governed from Kaesong; in 1076 he again fixed the yangban land-and-firewood stipend system, perfecting salaries and the local magistrate system; he died in 1083, with the temple name Munjong, and was buried at Gyeongneung. His eldest son Seongjong Wang Hun briefly succeeded the same year.