Chungmok of Goryeo
{{Short description|King of Goryeo from 1344 to 1348}}
{{Infobox royalty
|name =Chungmok
{{lang|ko|충목왕}}
{{lang|ko|忠穆王}}
|title =
|image =
|caption =
|succession =King of Goryeo
|reign =1344–1348
|coronation =1344
|predecessor =Chunghye of Goryeo
|successor =Chungjeong of Goryeo
|succession1 =Prince of Shen(Sim) of Yang
|reign1 =1345–1348
|coronation1 =1345
|predecessor1 =Wang Ko
|successor1 =Chungjeong of Goryeo
|full name =
- Goryeo: Wang Heun ({{Korean|hangul=왕흔|hanja=王昕|labels=no}})
- Yuan: Batma Dorji (파드마도르지/바스마도르지, 八思麻朶兒只)
|posthumous name=
- Great King Hyeonhyo
(현효대왕, 顯孝大王; given by Goryeo dynasty) - King Chungmok
(충목왕, 忠穆王; given by Yuan dynasty)
|house =Wang
|dynasty =Goryeo
|father =Chunghye of Goryeo
|mother =Princess Deoknyeong
|birth_name =Wang Hŭn
|birth_date =15 May 1337
|birth_place =
|death_date ={{death-date and age|25 December 1348|15 May 1337}}
|death_place =
|burial_place =Myeongneung ({{Korean|hangul=명릉|hanja=明陵|labels=no}})
|religion = Buddhism
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=충목왕
|hanja=忠穆王
|rr=Chungmok wang
|mr=Ch'ungmok wang
|hangulborn=왕흔
|hanjaborn=王昕
|rrborn=Wang Heun
|mrborn=Wang Hŭn
}}
Chungmok (15 May 1337 – 25 December 1348, r. 1344–1348), born Wang Hŭn ({{Korean|hangul=왕흔|hanja=王昕}}), was the 29th king of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea.
Biography
He was the eldest son of King Chunghye, and his mother was Princess Deoknyeong. Chungmok is known in some records by his Mongolian name, Batma Dorji,{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EB4qAwAAQBAJ | title = 事大與保國 ── 元明之際的中韓關係 | author = 范永聰 |publisher = 香港教育圖書公司 | year = 2009 | isbn = 9789882003019 | language = zh-hk | page = 58 }} which is rendered in hanja as Palsamataaji ({{Korean|hangul=팔사마타아지|hanja=八思麻朶兒只|labels=no}}).
After King Chunghye was deposed in 1343, King Chungmok had an audience with the Yuan Emperor Togon-temür. He was asked whether he would prefer to follow the ways of his mother or his father; when King Chungmok answered that he would prefer to follow his mother, the Emperor said that this was a child who knew the difference between right and wrong, and made him king. During Chungmok's reign, the Goryeo government undertook several reforms to reverse the damage done by his predecessor, and abolished various government agencies that had harmed the people.{{cite web |script-title=ko:우리역사넷 |url=http://contents.history.go.kr/mobile/kc/view.do?levelId=kc_n205700&code=kc_age_20 |website=짧았던 삶, 좌절된 개혁 |access-date=4 February 2024}} He died only four years into his reign at the age of 12.{{cite web |script-title=ko:원나라에 의해 왕이 되었다가 쫓겨난 어린 왕 |url=http://contents.history.go.kr/mobile/kc/view.do?levelId=kc_n206000&code=kc_age_20 |website=우리역사넷 |access-date=4 February 2024}}
{{Goryeo monarchs}}
Family
- Father: Chunghye of Goryeo
- Grandfather: Chungsuk of Goryeo
- Grandmother: Queen Gongwon of the Namyang Hong clan
- Mother: Princess Deoknyeong of the Yuan Borjigin clan, personal name Irenchenppan.
- Grandfather: Chopal
In popular culture
See also
References
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view&MAS_IDX=101013000764124|script-title=ko:충목왕|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia|language=Korean}}
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{{s-hou|House of Wang|15 May|1337|25 December|1348}}
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{{s-bef|before=King Chunghye}}
{{s-ttl|title=King of Goryeo|years=1344–1348}}
{{s-aft|after=King Chungjeong}}
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Category:14th-century Korean monarchs