Grand Prince Danyang Explained

Grand Prince Danyang (;), born Wang Hu, was a Goryeo royal family member as the second son of Duke Gangyang and grandson of King Chungnyeol.^[2] He was promoted repeatedly and later reached the position of a Threefold Great Rectifer .^[3] Though his niece, he would eventually become the maternal granduncle of King Gongyang.

Life

In 1320, Wang Hu went to Yuan dynasty and appointed as a congratulatory envoy for the new Yuan emperor Yingzong and sent to Daidu.^[4] In the following year, he went to Yuan again for celebrate the proclaim of a new era name and their Empress Dowager's coronation.^[5]

In 1333, when King Chungsuk, his older half first cousin, stayed in Yuan, Wang Hu became Gwonseohaengseongsa while temporarily take charge of its affairs.^[6] After Chungsuk went to Eoyong Hall in Pyongyang, he then brought the National Seal along with assistant chancellor Cho Chŏk and royal secretary Chŏng Ki for the King.^[7]

His grandmother, Princess Jeonghwa's older brother was a monk at Donghwa Temple, made several thousand and hundred men as slaves, which Wang Hu benefited a lot. However, when civilians returned as a slaves, Hu tried to inform the Yuan dynasty with cross the Yalu River, but failed after captured by the shackles sent by the Goryeo prime ministers, then returned to Gaegyeong.^[8]

In 1352, when Cho Il-sin's rebellion broke out, he invited King Gongmin to his house for a while.^[9] One year later, while Gongmin went to Chimwon (침원, 寢園; royal tomb) for did the Chunhyang (춘향, 春享; Ritual in Spring), Wang Hu attended as Aheongwan .^[10]

In 1361, when the northwest was devastated by the invasion of the Red Turbans and Gaeseong was captured, Wang Hu surrendered along with Jeollipanseo Yi An, General Kim Sŏ-gwang .^[11] Then, he gave them important military bases, where the land was fertile, where they could live and where there was grain in Gi County . As a result, after the Red Turbans retreated, he and others were impeached by the inspectorate, their land and slaves were confiscated, also his descendants were also sentenced to imprisonment in 1362.^[12]

References

• Grand Prince Danyang on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture .

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&searchTermImages=%EC%97%B0%EB%8D%95%EB%B6%80%EC%9B%90%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%97%B0%EB%8D%95%EB%B6%80%EC%9B%90%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_034r_0090_0030_0010/2/0/2/r. ko:왕후 등을 관작에 임명하다. Goryeosa. November 17, 2021. ko.
2. Book: 2001. 高麗史. Goryeosa. ko. 19. University of Michigan. Shinseowon. 9788979400991.
3. Book: 1991. ko:고려사, Volume 3. Goryeosa, Volume 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=HisxAAAAIAAJ&q=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0+%EC%82%BC%EC%A4%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B4%91. ko. 427. University of California. Yeogang Publishing House.
4. Book: 2000. Koryŏ wangjosa. ko. 331. University of California. Hangmunsa. 9788946790827.
5. Web site: http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&start=-1&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&itemIds=&indexSearch=N&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&synonym=off&chinessChar=on&searchTermImages=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0%C2%A0&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_035r_0020_0030_0020/14/3/14/r. ko:원에 사신을 보내 연호 개정과 태후 책봉을 하례하다. Goryeosa. November 17, 2021. ko.
6. Book: 1999. 韓國人物大辭典. Dictionary of Korean Characters. ko. 589. University of Michigan. Joongang News, Joongang M&b. 9788983752222.
7. Web site: http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&start=-1&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&itemIds=&indexSearch=N&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&synonym=off&chinessChar=on&searchTermImages=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0%C2%A0&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_035r_0130_0040_0020/14/4/14/r. ko:왕이 평양에 이르자 정동행성의 왕후 등이 국인을 가지고 오다. Goryeosa. November 17, 2021. ko.
8. Book: Kang, Bongnyong. 2002. ko:뿌리 깊은 한국사 샘 이 깊은 이야기, Volume 3. Deep-rooted Korean History Story, Volume 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=8QURAQAAMAAJ&q=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0+%EC%96%91%EC%9D%B8+%EB%85%B8%EB%B9%84. ko. 190. University of Michigan. Sol. 9788981335380.
9. Web site: http://db.history.go.kr/KOREA/search/searchResult.do?sort=levelId&dir=ASC&start=-1&limit=20&page=1&pre_page=1&itemIds=&indexSearch=N&codeIds=PERIOD-0-3&synonym=off&chinessChar=on&searchTermImages=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0%C2%A0&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kr/kr_131r_0010_0020_0060/14/12/14/r. ko:왕이 조일신과 그 당여를 숙청하다. Goryeosa. November 17, 2021. ko.
10. Book: 2000. ko:고려 시대 연구, Volume 12. Goryeo Dynasty Research, Volume 12. https://books.google.com/books?id=UnERAQAAMAAJ&q=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0+%EC%95%84%ED%97%8C%EA%B4%80. ko. 175. University of Michigan. Korea Institute of Historical Culture. 9788971056608.
11. Book: 2006. ko:국역 "고려사".: 열전. 20-28. National "History of Goryeo".: Biographies. 20-28. https://books.google.com/books?id=v3QRAQAAMAAJ&q=%EB%8B%A8%EC%96%91%EB%8C%80%EA%B5%B0+%ED%99%8D%EA%B1%B4%EC%A0%81. ko. 328. University of Michigan. National Culture. 9788982080951.
12. 《고려시대 군사전략》, 정해은 外, (국방부군사편찬연구소, 2006년 8월).