Geumwa of Dongbuyeo
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| Geumwa of Dongbuyeo | |
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| Hangul: | 금와왕 |
| Hanja: | 金蛙王 |
| Revised Romanization: | Geumwa Wang |
According to the Samguksagi, Geumwa(금와왕,金蛙王) was the second ruler (48 BCE - 7 BCE) of Dongbuyeo (East Buyeo), an ancient kingdom of Korea. His story is recorded in Samguksagi (Goguryeo Bongi), Samgukyusa (Giyi) and Dongmyeongwangpyeon.
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[edit] Birth and background
Geumwa(金蛙 or 金蝸) was the son of Hae Buru(解夫婁), who was the king of Dongbuyeo. According to the Samguksagi, Hae Buru was old and without an heir, when he found a gold-colored frog-like (or a gold-colored snail-like)child under a large rock near Lake Gonyeon(鯤淵). Hae Buru named the child Geumwa, meaning golden frog(or golden snail), and later made him crown prince.
Hae Buru established Dongbuyeo when he moved the capital east to Gaseopwon(迦葉原) by the east sea.
[edit] Reign
[edit] Jumong's departure
Geumwa became king after Hae Buru's death. At Ubalsu(優渤水), south of Mount Taebaek(太白山), Geumwa met Yuhwa(柳花), the disowned daughter of the river god, and brought her back to his palace. She was impregnated by sunlight and laid an egg, from which hatched Jumong(朱蒙).
Geumwa's seven sons resented Jumong, and although Geumwa tried to protect him, Jumong ran away to Jolbon(卒本), where he later established Goguryeo(高句麗).
[edit] Fear of Goguryeo
The ruler of Dongbuyeo began to fear the power of Goguryeo as it started to grow more powerful than Dongbuyeo itself. After seeing the possibility that Goguryeo may one day attack Dongbuyeo and destroy it, the ruler of Dongbuyeo postponed the reunion of Jumong and his wife, Lady Ye, and child(Yuri). Jumong's mother, Lady Yuhwa, died during the 8th month of Jumong Taewang's 14th year of reign over Goguryeo. Geumwa gave her the burial of a Queen Mother[1](Queen Mother of Goguryeo), despite she had never been queen. Jumong sent numerous gifts to Geumwa in gratitude of caring for his mother, and peace was seemingly restored between the two kingdoms.
[edit] Death
After ruling for a few more years, Geumwa died and the throne passed to his eldest son Daeso. Emperor Daeso attacked Goguryeo during the reign of its second ruler, King Yuri. Goguryeo's third ruler King Daemusin attacked Dongbuyeo and killed Daeso. After internal strife, Dongbuyeo fell, and its territory was absorbed into Goguryeo.
[edit] References
- ^ Samguk Sagi (in Korean). “王母柳花薨於東扶餘 其王金蛙以太后禮葬之”
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Hae Buru of Dongbuyeo |
Rulers of Dongbuyeo (Dongbuyeo) 48 BCE –7 BCE |
Succeeded by Daeso of Dongbuyeo |
