Prince Deokheung

For the Joseon Prince, see Deokheung Daewongun.
Prince Deokheung
BornWang Hye
Goryeo
HouseHouse of Wang
FatherChungseon of Goryeo
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
덕흥군
Hanja
德興君
Revised RomanizationDeokheunggun
McCune–ReischauerTŏkhŭnggun
Birth name
Hangul
왕혜
Hanja
王譓
Revised RomanizationWang Hye
McCune–ReischauerWang Hye
Tash Temür
(Mongolian name)
Hangul
타스티무르
Hanja
Revised RomanizationTaseutimureu
McCune–ReischauerTasŭtimurŭ
Tash Temür
(Sino-Korean Mongolian name)[1]
Hangul
탑사첩목아
Revised RomanizationTapsacheopmoka
McCune–ReischauerT'ap'sach'ŏpmok'a

Prince Deokheung (Korean: 덕흥군; Hanja: 德興君), personal name Wang Hye (왕혜; 王譓) was the third son of Chungseon of Goryeo who became a Mongolian-backed pretender to the throne of Goryeo.[2] After the ascension of King Gongmin, his half-nephew, to the throne of Goryeo, Prince Deokheung left Goryeo and settled in the Yuan capital of Dadu.[3] Since then, he was also known by his Mongolian name, Tash Temür (塔思帖木兒) which spelled as Tapsacheopmoka (탑사첩목아) in Sino-Korean.[4] At one point in his life, he was a Buddhist monk but he later returned to a secular life.[5]

Yuan, under the influence of Empress Gi and her brother, Ki Ch'ŏl, attempted to dethrone Goryeo's king, Gongmin.[6] Immediately after Gongmin executed Ki Ch'ŏl, the leader of the pro-Yuan Faction (친원파), his sister then deposed Gongmin and declared Wang Hye as the new King, with her nephew, Ki Sambono as the Crown Prince.[7] In 1364, Wang led a force of 10,000 Yuan soldiers under the command of General Ch'oe Yu (최유; 崔濡) and attempted to invade Goryeo,[8] but he failed in his objective to dethrone King Gongmin.[9] After crossing Yalu River, his army was defeated by Goryeo forces led by Ch'oe Yŏng and Yi Sŏng-gye and Prince Deokheung was forced to retreat back to the Yuan Dynasty. Knowing this, the Yuan Emperor struck him with 107 Gonjang (곤장 107대) and then expelled them.

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  1. ^ ̕£Þ (1996). Kugyok Haedong yoksa (in Korean and Chinese). University of California: ͡ơŁłƠ͡ı̕œʹ̕. p. 120.
  2. ^ 충선왕 왕자 덕흥군. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  3. ^ 공민왕 총서. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  4. ^ 재추들이 이가노에게 원 중서성에 편지를 전달해달라고 청하다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean civilization. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0-231-07912-5.
  6. ^ Kyung Moon Hwang (2016). A History of Korea. Macmillan International Higher Education. ISBN 9781137573582.
  7. ^ 원이 덕흥군을 국왕으로 삼자 군사적 대비 태세를 갖추다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  8. ^ 최유가 덕흥군을 받들고 압록강을 건너 진격해오다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  9. ^ Robinson, David M. (2009). Empire's Twilight : Northeast Asia under the Mongols. Cambridge, Mass. pp. 227–231. ISBN 978-1-68417-052-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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