Goguryeo 高句丽
（重定向自Koguryo）
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![c. 1 CE, including Goguryeo and the Han commandery of Lelang in the North, and the Samhan Confederacy in the South.](/Images/godic/202501/22/History_of_Korea-0014222.png")
![Image of the mythical figure from the Goguryeo-era Ohoe Tomb 4.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Goguryeo_moon4222.jpg")
![Seated buddhas and bodhisattvas from Wono-ri, Goguryeo.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Tbridge104222.jpg")
Goguryeo (Hangul: 고구려;hanja: 高句丽;RR: Goguryeo;MR: Koguryŏ, Korean pronunciation: [koɡuɾjʌ], 37 BCE–668 CE), or Goryeo (Hangul: 고려;hanja: 高丽;RR: Goryeo;MR: Koryŏ, Korean pronunciation: [koɾjʌ]), 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. Goguryeo 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 China and Japan.