Jwaji of Geumgwan Gaya (died 421) (r. 407–421)[1] was the sixth ruler of Geumgwan Gaya, a Gaya state of ancient Korea. He was the son of King Ipum and Queen Jeongsin.

The Samguk yusa reports that he appointed the relatives of a favoured concubine (yong nyeo, 傭女) to high office, and that this led to political trouble.[2] Furthermore, Silla took advantage of the kingdom's vulnerability and invaded. After the courtier Pak Won-do (朴元道) remonstrated with him, the king went to a fortuneteller, who read him an I Ching passage which indicated that he should destroy the heart of the problem. At that, he sent the concubine into exile and returned proper order to the court.

Family

  • Father: King Ipum (이품왕, 伊品王)
  • Mother: Lady Jeongsin (정신부인, 貞信夫人)
  • Wife: Lady Boksu (복수부인, 福壽夫人) – daughter of a daeagan named Doryeong (도령, 道寧).
  • Concubine, from a palace lady (용녀, 傭女)

See also

References

  1. ^ Ilyeon gives these dates, which are widely accepted. However, he also provides the alternate dates 389-404.
  2. ^ Il-yeon: Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea, translated by Tae-Hung Ha and Grafton K. Mintz. Book Two, page 149f. Silk Pagoda (2006). ISBN 1-59654-348-5
  • Ilyeon (1972). Samguk Yusa, tr. by Ha, Tae-Hung and Mintz, Grafton K. Seoul: Yonsei University Press. ISBN 89-7141-017-5.
Preceded by King of Geumgwan Gaya
407–421 		Succeeded by