Wang Ryung

{{Short description|Korean general}}

{{family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Wang Ryung

| title = King of Goryeo {{noitalic|(posthumously)}}

| image =

| succession = Prefect of Geumseong ({{Korean|금성태수|labels = no}})

| reign = 896 – 897

| reign-type = Tenure

| father = Chakchegŏn

| mother = Lady Yongnyŏ

| spouse = Queen Wisuk

| issue = Taejo of Goryeo

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| death_date =897

| death_place =Geumseong County

| place of burial =Changneung tomb

| posthumous name =King Wollyeol Minhye Wimu the Great
원렬민혜위무대왕
(元烈敏惠威武大王)

| temple name =Sejo (세조, 世祖)

| royal house = Wang

| religion =Buddhism

| module={{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

|hangul=세조

|hanja=世祖

|rr=Sejo

|mr=Sejo

|hangulph=위무대왕

|hanjaph=威武大王

|rrph=Wimu Daewang

|mrph=Wimu Taewang

|hangulborn=왕륭/융

|hanjaborn=王隆

|rrborn=Wang Yung

|mrborn=Wang Ryung

|hangulja=문명

|hanjaja=文明

|rrja=Munmyeong

|mrja=Munmyŏng

|hangulho=용건

|hanjaho=龍建

|rrho=Yonggeon

|mrho=Yonggŏn

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Wang Ryung (died May 897), also known as Wang Yung, was a Korean hojok, or local regional lord of Song-ak, who lived during the Later Three Kingdoms period. He was the father of Wang Kŏn, the founder of the Goryeo dynasty. He was later posthumously honoured with a temple name of Sejo and a posthumous name of King Wimu the Great by his descendants.

In 896, he surrendered to forces of Korean warlord Kung Ye, in exchange for the recognition of Wang's son, Kŏn, as the castle lord of Song-ak.{{cite book |last1=Vermeersch |first1=Sem |title=The power of the Buddhas: the politics of Buddhism during the Koryo dynasty 918-1392 |date=2008 |publisher=Harvard university press |location=Cambridge (Mass.) |isbn=978-0674031883 |page=38}} Kung Ye appointed him as the prefect of Geumseong. He died there a year later.

After he died at Geumseong County in 897, he was buried in a cave along the river in Yeonganseong, which later named and known as Changneung tomb (창릉, 昌陵).{{cite web|url=https://ggc.ggcf.kr/p/5b4322a3e900927c203dc4b0|title=강화 고려 왕릉의 조사성과와 과제 ③|website=Gyeonggi Cultural Heritage Research Institute|access-date=December 29, 2021|language=ko}} On 11 March 1217, it was moved to Bongeun Temple (봉은사) and in 1243, it was moved again to Gaegol-dong in Ganghwa.{{cite book|date=2000|title=고려 시대 연구, Volume 12|trans-title=Goryeo Periods Research, Volume 12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnERAQAAMAAJ&q=%EA%B3%A0%EB%A0%A4+%EC%84%B8%EC%A1%B0+%EB%B4%89%EC%9D%80%EC%82%AC|language=ko|page=138|location=University of Michigan|isbn=9788971056608|author1=한국정신문화연구원}} In 1027 (18th years reign of Hyeonjong of Goryeo), he was given a Posthumous name of Won-ryeol(yeol) (원렬(열), 元烈) and in 1235 (40th years reign of Gojong of Goryeo), he was given again the name of Min-hye (민혜, 敏惠).{{cite web|url=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%99%95%EB%A5%AD%C2%A0&searchKeywordType=BI&searchKeywordMethod=EQ&searchKeyword=%EC%99%95%EB%A5%AD&searchKeywordConjunction=AND#searchDetail/kj/kj_001r_0010_0010/1/0/1/r|title=태조총서|website=Goryeosa|access-date=December 29, 2021|language=ko}}