Mokjong of Goryeo

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Mokjong of Goryeo
Hangul 목종 Hanja 穆宗 Revised Romanization Mokjong McCune-Reischauer Mokjong
Birth name
Hangul 왕송 Hanja 王誦 Revised Romanization Wang Song McCune-Reischauer Wang Song
Courtesy name
Hangul 효신 Hanja 孝伸 Revised Romanization Hyosin McCune-Reischauer Hyosin

Mokjong of Goryeo (980-1009, r. 997-1009) was the seventh ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.

Mokjong is known for his reform of the Jeonsigwa (land-allotment system), and for a plot by his mother and her lover Kim Chi-yang to overthrow him. In the course of the turbulent events surrounding the plot, Mokjong was dethroned and sent into exile in Chungju. However, he was slain before he arrived there.^{[citation needed]}

Mokjong's tomb was known as Gongneung, but its present location is not known.

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean monarchs
• List of Goryeo people
• Gang Jo

Preceded by Seongjong

Rulers of Korea (Goryeo Dynasty) 997–1009

Succeeded by Hyeonjong