What is "buyeo"

Buyeo or Puyŏ ( Korean: 부여; Hanja: 夫餘 ) was an ancient Korean kingdom located in parts of southern Manchuria (Northeast China) and northern Korea, from around the 2nd century BC to 494. Its remnants were absorbed by the neighboring kingdom of Goguryeo in 494. Both Goguryeo and Baekje, two of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, considered themselves its successor nation.

Although records are sparse and contradictory, it is speculated that in 86 BC, Dongbuyeo (Eastern Buyeo) branched out, after which the original Buyeo is sometimes referred to as Bukbuyeo (Northern Buyeo). Jolbon Buyeo was a small tribal state situated in north of the Korean peninsula and Manchuria. According to Samguk Sagi, in 504, the tribute emissary Yesilbu mentions that the gold of Buyeo can no longer be obtainable for tribute as Buyeo has been driven out by the Malgal and the Somna and absorbed into Baekje. It is also shown that the Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei wished that Buyeo would regain its former glory. In 538, long after the fall of Buyeo, Baekje renamed itself Nambuyeo (Southern Buyeo).

"Buyeo" may also refer to a Baekje surname or Buyeo County in South Korea.

Buyeo was an ancient kingdom in present day North Korea and Northeast China.

Buyeo may also refer to:

• Buyeo County, in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
• Buyeo language, the language of the Buyeo kingdom
• Buyeo languages, a hypothetical language family which includes the languages of Baekje and Goguryeo