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Kim Tong-jeong (, died 1273) was a general in
Goryeo dynasty 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 ...
.


During Sambyeolcho Rebellion

After
Bae Jung-son Bae Jung-son (, ? ~ 1271) is one of the generals who led Sambyeolcho for a few months after Wonjong moved to Gaegyeong. Life He was opposed to Mongolians (Yuan dynasty) in China because he hated them. At 23 May 1270 when the King of Goryeo ' ...
was killed in Jindo Island by Goryeo-Mongolian allies at 1271, Kim Tong-jeong and a few
Sambyeolcho The Sambyeolcho was a military unit of the Goryeo dynasty while the Choe family held the reins of power as military dictators behind puppet kings. Meaning "specially-selected troops", the Sambyeolcho originated from a unit called the Yabyeolcho ...
Army escaped Jindo Island and moved to
Tamna Island Tamna, or Tamna-guk, was a state based on Jeju Island from ancient times until it was absorbed by the Korean Joseon dynasty in 1404, following a long period of being a tributary state or autonomous administrative region of various Korean kingd ...
(now Jeju Island). After, he still was opposed to Mongolian
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 ...
. In 1273, Korean Goryeo government defeated the rebellion with the aid of Mongolian force and then he committed
suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ...
, although some tales of him in Jeju tell he is killed by Kim Bang-kyung de Goryeo and later burning his wife to death. There are two views about Kim Tong-jeong. In the Goryeo dynasty, he is perceived as a bad general as he is described at
Goryeosa The ''Goryeosa'' (), or ''History of Goryeo'', is the main surviving historical record of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. It was composed nearly a century after the fall of Goryeo, during the reign of King Sejong, undergoing repeated revisions between ...
(History of Goryeo) due to stealing and bothering Tamna. On the contrast, the subjects of Tamna recorded that he was treated like hero.


See also

* Sambyeolcho Rebellion *
Bae Jung-son Bae Jung-son (, ? ~ 1271) is one of the generals who led Sambyeolcho for a few months after Wonjong moved to Gaegyeong. Life He was opposed to Mongolians (Yuan dynasty) in China because he hated them. At 23 May 1270 when the King of Goryeo ' ...
*
Sambyeolcho The Sambyeolcho was a military unit of the Goryeo dynasty while the Choe family held the reins of power as military dictators behind puppet kings. Meaning "specially-selected troops", the Sambyeolcho originated from a unit called the Yabyeolcho ...
*
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 ...
*
Mongol invasions of Korea A series of campaigns were conducted between 1231 and 1270 by the Mongol Empire against the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. There were seven major campaigns at tremendous cost to civilian lives, the last campaign made Goryeo a vassal state of the Yu ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Tong-jeong 13th-century Korean people Korean generals 1273 deaths Year of birth unknown