Seongjong of Goryeo (960-997, r. 981-997) was the 6th king of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo. He was the second son of Daejong , and a grandson of King Taejo . He ascended the throne after King Gyeongjong stepped down.
King Seongjong set out to reform the Goryeo state and establish it as a centralized monarchy on a firmly Confucian foundation. In 983, he established the system of 12 mok, the administrative divisions which prevailed for most of the rest of the Goryeo period. He also sent learned men to each of the mok to oversee local education. This was intended particularly as a way to integrate the country aristocracy into the new bureaucratic system.
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Lee, K.-b. (1984). A new history of Korea. Tr. by E.W. Wagner & E.J. Schulz, based on the Korean rev. ed. of 1979. Seoul: Ilchogak. ISBN 89-337-0204-0
