Kyŏng Tae-sŭng (Korean: 경대승; Hanja: 慶大升; 1154 – 4 August 1183) was the third of many military dictators who ruled during the late period of the Goryeo.
At the time of his birth, the warrior-class of the nation was highly undermined and deprived of the luxuries that its civilian and scholar counterparts were able to see excessively.
The young Kyŏng began his military training at the age of 15, and served under the regimes of both Yi Ŭi-bang and Chŏng Chung-bu.
[1] In 1179, the young General Kyŏng led a revolt against the current-reigning dictator Chŏng Chung-bu, killing his son and son-in-law in the process of overthrowing the regime.
[citation needed] This attempt failed and Kyŏng was the military dictator of Goryeo for five years until he became ill (possibly tuberculosis) that eventually killed him.