Yasokjin Explained

Ui-Bi
의비
Royal consort of Goryeo
Spouse:Chungseon of Goryeo
Issue:Prince Gwangneung
Chungsuk of Goryeo
Birth Date:?
Birth Place:Yuan Empire
Death Date:18th day 7th month 1316[1]
Death Place:Khanbaliq, Yuan Empire
Burial Date:20th day 8th month 1316
Burial Place:Yeonneung Tomb, Kingdom of Goryeo
Full Name:

Yesuzhen

Yasokjin

Posthumous Name:Consort Ui (의비, 懿妃)
House:House of Wang (by marriage)
Hangul:예쉬진 or 야속진
Rr:Yeswijin or Yasokjin
Mr:Yeswich'in or Yasokch'in
Hangulph:의비
Rrph:Ui Bi
Mrph:Ŭi Pi
Korean name

Yasokjin, Consort Ui (; died 1316) was a Mongol-born woman who became the second wife of King Chungseon of Goryeo. Although she was a Mongol ethnic, she was not a member of the Yuan imperial clan.[2] As her second son was born in 1294, it seems like she became Chungseon's consort before that.[3] She died in 1316 (3rd year of her son's reign) whilst in Yuan. On her death, she was granted the posthumous name of Royal Consort Ui, by which she was more commonly known.[4] [2]

Burial and funeral

As the preparations for Yasokjin's burial had not been completed in Goryeo, her body was cremated and buried in Yuan by the Goryeo official Gim-Yi, who visited her grave every month to present offerings of meat and wine. After three years, the King wanted to move his mother to a burial site on West Mountain near Khanbaliq, a move that Gim opposed. Gim then paid a diviner to tell the King that if one is enshrined in one's own country, there will be no disaster later.'[5] Her body then brought to Goryeo on 3rd days 8th months (Lunar calendar) and her funeral was held on 20th days 8th months (Lunar calendar). The King was persuaded and had Yasokjin's ashes returned to Goryeo, then buried at Yeolleung (연릉, 衍陵) which the preparation of the tomb is 3 years after her death.[6] Her spirit was through "Cheongun Temple" (청운사, 靑雲寺) and was enshrined in "Myoryeon Temple" (묘련사, 妙蓮寺).

Notes and References

  1. [Lunar calendar]
  2. Book: Morihira Masahiko 森平雅彦. 高麗王家とモンゴル皇族の通婚関係に閲する覚書. Memoranda on marriage links between the Goryeo royal clan and Mongolian imperial family. ja. Kyoto University Press. 2008 . 13.
  3. Book: 고려사 (高丽史). History of Goryeo. 충숙왕 총서. King Chungsuk series. 34. zh-classical, ko . Jeong In-ji. 1451. 22 September 2020.
  4. Book: 고려사 (高丽史). History of Goryeo. 충선왕 후비 의비. Consort Ui of King Chungseon. 89. zh-classical, ko . Jeong In-ji. 1451. 22 September 2020.
  5. 본국에 안치(安置)하면 나중에 화(禍)가 없을 것입니다 (安庴本國, 無後禍).
  6. Book: 고려사 (高丽史). History of Goryeo. 김이: 김이가 김심의 당여로 몰려 좌천되다. Kim Yi, 'Kim Yi is relegated to Kim Shim's party'. zh-classical, ko . 108. Jeong In-ji. 1451. 22 September 2020.