Pyeongwon of Goguryeo

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<tr><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid"> Hangul:</td><td width="135" style="border-top:1px solid">평원왕, 평강(상호)왕</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">平原王, 平岡(上好)王</td></tr><tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">Pyeongwon-wang, Pyeonggang(sangho)-wang</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid;background:#ccf">Birth name</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid"> Hangul:</td><td width="135" style="border-top:1px solid">양성 or 탕</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">陽成 or 湯</td></tr><tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">Yangseong or Tang</td></tr>

Emperor Pyeongwon of Goguryeo (r. 559-590) was the 25th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of Emperor Yangwon and became crown prince in 557. He is said to have been courageous, and skilled in horseriding and archery.

By this time, the royal power had been significantly eroded by the aristocracy. Concerned for the people, he encouraged agricultural and sericultural developments, and reduced the royal cuisine.

He maintained tense but relatively peaceful relations with the Gokturks and the various Chinese dynasties, briefly battling the Northern Zhou in the Liaodong Peninsula. As the Sui Dynasty united China, Emperor Pyeongwon prepared for the impending war.

The southern border with the other two Korean kingdoms was relatively peaceful as the Silla-Baekje alliance fell apart.