Grand Prince Danyang (shortly as 단양대군, 丹陽大君; ; born Wang Hu), was a

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificati ...

Royal family member as the second son of

Duke Gangyang Duke Gangyang or Prince Gangyang (died 1308; born Wang Ja) was a Goryeo Royal Prince as the first and oldest son of King Chungnyeol and Princess Jeongsin, also great-grandfather of its last monarch, King Gongyang. Biography Palace life As the old ...

and grandson of

King Chungnyeol Chungnyeol of Goryeo (3 April 1236 – 30 July 1308) was the 25th ruler of the medieval Korean kingdom of Goryeo from 1274 to 1308. He was the son of Wonjong, his predecessor on the throne. Chungnyeol was king during the Mongol Invasions of Jap ...

. He was promoted repeatedly and later reached the position as ''Three Grand Masters'' (삼중대광, 三重大匡). Though his

niece In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of the subject's sibling or sibling-in-law. The converse relationship, the relationship from the niece or nephew's perspective, is that of an ...

, he would eventually become the maternal granduncle of King Gongyang.

Life

In 1320, Wang Hu went to

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

and appointed as ''Deunggeuksa'' (등극사, 登極使) and sent to Daedo. In the following year, he went to Yuan again for celebrate the opening of Gaewon (개원, 改元) and their Empress Dowager's coronation. In 1333, when King Chungsuk, his older half first cousin, stayed in Yuan, Wang Hu became ''Gwonseohaengseongsa'' (권서행성사, 權署行省事) while temporarily take charge of its affairs. After Chungsuk went to Eoyong Hall (어용전, 御容殿) in Pyeongyang, he then brought the National Seal (국인, 國印) along with ''Chanseongsa'' (찬성사, 贊成事), ''Jojeok'' (조적, 曺頔), ''Miljiksa'' (밀직사, 密直使), ''Jeonggi'' (정기, 鄭頎), etc for the King. His grandmother, Princess Jeonghwa's older brother was a monk at Donghwa Temple (동화사, 桐華寺), made several thousand and hundred men as slaves, which Wang Hu benefited a lot. However, when civilians (양인, 良人) returned as a slaves (노비, 奴婢), Hu tried to inform the

with cross the

Yalu River The Yalu River, known by Koreans as the Amrok River or Amnok River, is a river on the border between North Korea and China. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between ...

, but failed after captured by the shackles sent by the Goryeo prime ministers, then returned to

Gaegyeong Kaesong (, ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region close to ...

. In 1352, when Jo Ilsin (조일신, 趙日新) rebellion broke out, he invited King Gongmin to his house for a while. One year later, while Gongmin went to Chimwon (침원, 寢園; royal tomb) for did the Chunhyang (춘향, 春享; Ritual in Spring), Wang Hu attended as Aheongwan (아헌관). In 1361, when the northwest was devastated by the invasion of Hong Geonjeok (홍건적) and Gaeseong was captured, Wang Hu surrendered along with ''Jeollipanseo'' Yi An (전리판서 이안, 典理判書印安), General Gim Seogwang (대호군 김서광, 大護軍金瑞光). Then, he gave them important military bases, where the land was fertile, where they could live and where there was grain in Gi County (기현, 畿縣). As a result, after Hong resigned became a problem, he and others were impeached by the inspectorate, their land and slaves were confiscated, also his descendants were also sentenced to imprisonment in 1362.《고려시대 군사전략》, 정해은 外, (국방부군사편찬연구소, 2006년 8월). Based o

References

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