Mobon of Goguryeo
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King Mobon of Goguryeo (? - 53, r. 48-53) was the fifth king of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
According to the Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Korean history of the Three Kingdoms, Mobon was the eldest son of Goguryeo's third king Daemusin. Although Mobon was the crown prince at the time of Daemusin's death, because of Mobon's youth, Daemusin's younger brother Minjung ascended to the throne. Mobon became king upon Minjung's death.
However, in the Samguk Yusa, Mobon is described as Minjung's older brother.
The Samguk Sagi notes that Mobon's character was fierce and stubborn and he incurred the resentment of the common people. In the year 49, he attacked Han Dynasty China several times, but later signed a treaty with Han.
He was killed by a court official named Duro, from Mobon. He was buried in Mobon-won.
He named his son Ik the crown prince, but upon Mobon's death, there was a power struggle for the throne. Some scholars believe that Mobon was the last of the Hae surname line that began with Goguryeo's second king Yuri, and the sixth king Taejo began the Go surname lineage (then retroactively attributing the Go surname to the founding monarch Jumong.
