Chungmok of Goryeo (original) (raw)

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29th King of Goryeo (r. 1344–1348)

Chungmok (15 May 1337 – 25 December 1348, r. 1344–1348), born Wang Hŭn (Korean: 왕흔; Hanja: 王昕), was the 29th king of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea.

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,[1] which is rendered in hanja as Palsamataaji (팔사마타아지; 八思麻朶兒只).

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. During Chungmok's reign, the Goryeo government undertook several reforms to reverse the damage done by his predecessor, and abolished various government agencies that had harmed the people.[2] He died only four years into his reign at the age of 12.[3]

Parents

• Father: Wang Chŏng, King Chunghye of Goryeo (22 February 1315 – 30 January 1344)
  • Grandfather: Wang Man, King Chungsuk of Goryeo (30 July 1294 – 3 May 1339)
  • Grandmother: Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan
• Mother: Borjigin Irenchenppan, Princess Deoknyeong (d. 1375)
  • Grandfather: Chopal
• Portrayed by Min Byung-hyun in the 2005–2006 MBC TV series Shin Don.
• List of Korean monarchs
• Goryeo
• Korea under Yuan rule

1. ^ 范永聰 (2009). 事大與保國 ── 元明之際的中韓關係 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 香港教育圖書公司. p. 58. ISBN 9789882003019.
2. ^ 우리역사넷. 짧았던 삶, 좌절된 개혁. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
3. ^ 원나라에 의해 왕이 되었다가 쫓겨난 어린 왕. 우리역사넷. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

• 충목왕 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia.