Chungmok of Goryeo (15 May 1337 – 25 December 1348, r. 1344–1348), born Wang Heun (), was the 29th king of the
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 ...
dynasty of
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
.
Biography
He was the eldest son of
King Chunghye, and his mother was
Princess Deoknyeong. Chungmok is known in some records by his
Mongolian name, Batma Dorji,
which is rendered in
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
as ''Palsamataaji'' ().
After
King Chunghye was deposed in 1343, King Chungmok had an audience with the Yuan Emperor
Togon-temür. He was asked whether he would prefer to follow the ways of his mother or his father; when King Chungmok answered that he would prefer to follow his mother, the Emperor said that this was a child who knew the difference between right and wrong, and made him king.
Family
Parents
*Father:
Wang Jeong, King Chunghye of Goryeo (고려충혜 왕정)(22 February 1315 – 30 January 1344)
**Grandfather:
Wang Man, King Chungsuk of Goryeo (고려 충숙 왕만)(30 July 1294 – 3 May 1339)
**Grandmother:
Queen Gongwon
Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan (; 25 August 1298 – 12 February 1380), more commonly known as Queen Mother Myeongdeok (), was a Korean queen consort as the fourth wife of King Chungsuk of Goryeo and the mother of his two successors, Chu ...
of the
Namyang Hong clan (공원왕후 홍씨)
*Mother: Borjigin Irenchenppan (孛兒只斤 亦憐眞班),
Princess Deoknyeong of the
Yuan Borjigin
A Borjigin, ; ; russian: Борджигин, Bordžigin; English plural: Borjigins or Borjigid (from Middle Mongolian);''Histoire des campagnes de Gengis Khan'', p. 119. Manchu plural: is a member of the Mongol sub-clan, which started with Bo ...
clan (덕녕공주 보르지긴씨; d. 1375)
**Grandfather: Chopal
In popular culture
*Portrayed by Min Byung-hyun in the 2005–2006
MBC TV series ''
Shin Don
Sin Don (신돈, 辛旽; 21 January 1322 – 21 August 1371) was a Korean Buddhist monk and scholar during the Goryeo Dynasty; His Dharma name was Pyeonjo and became a teacher and advisor of Gongmin of Goryeo.
Summary
He was a Buddhist monk. H ...
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See also
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List of Korean monarchs
This is a list of monarchs of Korea, arranged by dynasty. Names are romanized according to the South Korean Revised Romanization of Korean. McCune–Reischauer romanizations may be found at the articles about the individual monarchs.
Gojoseon
G ...
*
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 ...
*
Korea under Yuan rule
References
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1337 births
1348 deaths
14th-century Korean monarchs
Korean Buddhist monarchs