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History Alive - Silla, Episode 10: Queen Jindeok and Kim Chunchu, the Transfer of Royal Power

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  1. In 647, amid the Bidam Rebellion, Queen Seondeok passed away and Queen Jindeok ascended the throne, ruling Silla for seven years until March 654.
  2. During Queen Jindeok's reign, Kim Chunchu traveled to Tang China in 648 and met Emperor Taizong, and in 651 he renamed Pumju as Jipsabu, establishing an office to execute royal orders.
  3. When the queen died without an heir in 654, Alcheon declined the throne and instead proposed Chunchu, and the Samguk Sagi records Chunchu as the first king from the true-bone (jingol) aristocracy.

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History Alive - Silla, Episode 10: Queen Jindeok and Kim Chunchu, the Transfer of Royal Power

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [역사는 살아있다 – 신라 편] 제10화: 진덕여왕과 김춘추, 왕권의 이양

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