Minjung of Goguryeo

Minjung of Goguryeo
King of Goguryeo
ReignAD 44–48
PredecessorKing Daemusin
SuccessorKing Mobon
BornHae Saekju / Hae Eupju
c.AD 5-18
Died48 AD
Burial
Minjungwon (민중원, 閔中原)
HouseHouse of Hae
FatherGo Yuri
Korean name
Hangul
민중왕
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMinjung-wang
McCune–ReischauerMinjung-wang
Birth name
Hangul
해색주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHae Saek-ju
McCune–ReischauerHae Saekchu

King Minjung (?–48, r. 44–48[1]) was the fourth ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to The History of the Three Kingdoms, he was the younger brother of the country’s third ruler, King Daemusin, and the fifth son of the second ruler, King Yuri.[2]

  1. ^ Nahm, Andrew C. Korea: Tradition and Transformation — A History of the Korean People, second edition, Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International (1996). ISBN 1-56591-070-2, pp. 573
  2. ^ "King Minjung, King Mobon". KBS World Radio. Retrieved 2021-04-29.