1008

1008 — China: The Guangyun was completed / Japan: Murasaki Shikibu writes The Tale of Genji

2 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaGoryeo 918–1392ChinaSong dynasty 960–1271JapanHeian period 794–1185United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 1007경주(慶州) 사람 융대(融大)가 신라 원성왕(元聖王)의 원손(遠孫)이라고 사칭하고, 양민 5백 여명을 노비로 삼아 궁인(宮人) 김씨(金氏) 등에게 선물로 보냄
  • 1009고려 현종 즉위,강조의 정변이 일어남
  • 1009성종의 딸 김씨를 왕비로 삼음.(원정왕후(元貞王后) 김씨)
  • 1010요나라(거란)가 고려를 재침
  • 1010거란 왕이 군사 40만을 이끌고 고려 침입. 제2차 거란 침입. 강조(康兆)가 패배하고 죽임을 당함.
  • 1010거란의 침입에 대비하여 강조(康兆)를 행영도통사(行營都統使)로 삼아 군사 30만을 거느리고 등주(登州)에 주둔하게 함.
  • 1010The second ravages the northern border.
  • The Guangyun was completed.
  • 1009Song dynasty modifies the appointment by protection system by requiring candidates to study at the Directorate of Education and sit the examination, which passes at least 50 percent of them
  • 1009Emperor Zhenzong of Song introduces quotas on degrees awarded
  • 1010Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
  • 1010An atlas of China was completed.
  • 1010Tanguts request famine relief from the Song
  • Murasaki Shikibu writes The Tale of Genji.

covered from 1607