country_of_citizenship sosurim of goguryeo
___MASK89___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK89___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK89___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK89___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . The Three Kingdoms ( AD 220  280 ) was the tripartite division of ___MASK89___ between the states of Wei , Shu , and Wu , following the Han dynasty and preceding the Jin dynasty . The term " Three Kingdoms " itself is something of a mistranslation , since each state was eventually headed not by a king , but by an emperor who claimed legitimate succession from the Han dynasty . Nevertheless , the term " Three Kingdoms " has become standard among sinologists . To further distinguish the three states from other historical Chinese states of similar names , historians have added a relevant character : Wei is also known as Cao Wei , Shu is also known as Shu Han , and Wu is also known as Dong ( or Eastern ) Wu . ___MASK75___ , also spelled as Kory ( 918  1392 ), was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by King Taejo . This kingdom later gave name to the modern exonym " Korea ". It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean Peninsula until it was removed by the founder of the ___MASK74___ in 1392 . ___MASK75___ expanded Korea ' s borders to present - day Wonsan in the northeast ( 936  943 ), the Yalu River ( 993 ) and finally almost the whole of the Korean Peninsula ( 1374 ). The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia . It extends southwards for about from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of ___MASK46___ ( East Sea ) to the east , and the Yellow Sea ( West Sea ) to the west , the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water . King Sosurim of ___MASK72___ ( died 384 ) ( r . 371 -- 384 ) was the 17th ruler of ___MASK72___ , the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea . He was the son of King Gogugwon . Manchuria is a modern name , first created by Japanese , given to a large geographic region in Northeast Asia . Depending on the context , Manchuria can either refer to a region that falls entirely within the People ' s Republic of ___MASK89___ , or a larger region divided between ___MASK89___ and Russia . The region that falls entirely within modern ___MASK89___ is now usually referred to as Northeast ___MASK89___ in ___MASK89___ , although " Manchuria " is widely used outside of ___MASK89___ to denote the geographical and historical region . This region is the traditional homeland of the Xianbei , Khitan , and Jurchen ( later called Manchu ) peoples , who built several states historically , although no term for " Manchuria " exists in the Manchu language , which originally referred to the area as the " Three Eastern Provinces ". ___MASK26___ ( 57 BC  935 AD ) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea , and one of the world ' s longest sustained dynasties . Although it was founded by King Park Hyeokgeose , the dynasty was ruled by the Gyeongju Kim (  ,  ) clan for most of its 992 - year history . It began as a chiefdom in the Samhan confederacies , once allied with ___MASK89___ , but ___MASK26___ eventually conquered the other two kingdoms , Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668 . Thereafter , Unified ___MASK26___ or Later ___MASK26___ , as it is often referred to , occupied most of the Korean Peninsula , while the northern part re - emerged as Balhae , a successor - state of Goguryeo . After nearly 1000 years of rule , ___MASK26___ fragmented into the brief Later Three Kingdoms , ___MASK26___ , Hubaekje , and Taebong , handing over power to its successor dynasty Goryeo in 935 . Dongye , which means the Eastern Ye , was a Korean chiefdom which occupied portions of the northeastern Korean peninsula from roughly 3rd - century BC to around early 5th - century . It bordered ___MASK72___ and Okjeo to the north , Jinhan to the south , and ___MASK89___ ' s Lelang Commandery to the west . Today , this territory consists of the provinces of South Hamgyng and Kangwon in North Korea , and Gangwon in ___MASK84___ . It is believed to be one of the ancient tribes that were formed into the Tungusic peoples . ___MASK72___ (, 37 BCE  668 CE ) or ___MASK75___ , was one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea , located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of inner and outer Manchuria . ___MASK72___ was an active participant in the power struggle for control of the Korean peninsula and was also associated with the foreign affairs of neighboring polities in ___MASK89___ and Japan . ___MASK78___ is a historical state in East Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : ___MASK71___ ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic of ___MASK78___ ") and ___MASK84___ ( officially the " Republic of ___MASK78___ "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , ___MASK78___ is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the ___MASK78___ Strait and the East Sea . The concept of the Three Kingdoms of ___MASK78___ refers to the three kingdoms of Baekje (  ), ___MASK26___ (  ) and Goguryeo (  ), which was later known as ___MASK75___ (  ), from which the name " ___MASK78___ " is derived . The Three Kingdoms period was defined as being from 57 BC to 668 AD ( but there existed about 78 tribal states in the southern region of Korean peninsula and relatively big states like Okjeo , Buyeo , and Dongye in its northern part and Manchuria ). Baekje or Paekche ( 18 BC  660 AD ) was a kingdom located in southwest ___MASK78___ . It was one of the Three Kingdoms of ___MASK78___ , together with ___MASK72___ and ___MASK26___ .