Prince Deokheung Explained

Prince Deokheung
Royal House:House of Wang
Father:Chungseon of Goryeo
Birth Name:Wang Hye
Birth Place:Goryeo
Religion:Buddhism
Module:
Child:yes
Hangul:덕흥군
Rr:Deokheung gun
Mr:Tŏkhŭng kun
Hangulborn:왕혜
Rrborn:Wang Hye
Mrborn:Wang Hye
Othername1:Tash Temür
(Mongolian name)
Hangul1:타스티무르
Rr1:Taseutimureu
Mr1:Tasŭtimurŭ
Othername2:Tash Temür
(Sino-Korean Mongolian name)[1]
Hangul2:탑사첩목아
Rr2:Tapsacheopmoka
Mr2:T'ap'sach'ŏpmok'a

Prince Deokheung, personal name Wang Hye 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 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, 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 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 and then expelled them.

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  1. Book: ̕£Þ. 1996. Kugyok Haedong yoksa. 120. ko,zh. University of California. ͡ơŁłƠ͡ı̕œʹ̕.
  2. Web site: 충선왕 왕자 덕흥군. Goryeosa. July 24, 2021. ko.
  3. Web site: 공민왕 총서. Goryeosa. September 11, 2021. ko.
  4. Web site: 재추들이 이가노에게 원 중서성에 편지를 전달해달라고 청하다. Goryeosa. July 24, 2021. ko.
  5. Book: Lee . Peter H. . Sourcebook of Korean civilization . 1993 . Columbia University Press . New York . 0-231-07912-5 . 362–363.
  6. Book: Kyung Moon Hwang. 2016. A History of Korea. en. Macmillan International Higher Education. 9781137573582.
  7. Web site: 원이 덕흥군을 국왕으로 삼자 군사적 대비 태세를 갖추다. Goryeosa. September 11, 2021. ko.
  8. Web site: 최유가 덕흥군을 받들고 압록강을 건너 진격해오다. Goryeosa. September 11, 2021. ko.
  9. Book: Robinson, David M. . Empire's Twilight : Northeast Asia under the Mongols . 2009 . Cambridge, Mass. . 978-1-68417-052-4 . 227–231.