King Taejo
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King Taejo, also known as Yi Sŏnggye, was the founder of the Korean Joseon Dynasty.
He was born the son of Yuan Dynasty officials of Korean ethnicity, and was raised in the Shuangcheng (K: Ssangseong) commandery of the Yuan Empire, what is today North and South Hamgyeong province. There, he grew up in a fairly multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment, surrounded by Jurchens, Mongols, Han Chinese, and Koreans.
His preference for negotiation with Ming Dynasty China rather than military means of solving a territorial dispute over his home region of Ssangseong played a role in causing the fall of the Koryo Dynasty, and the establishment of his own, new, Joseon Dynasty, in 1392.[1]
| Preceded by: None |
King of Joseon 1392-1398 |
Succeeded by: King Jeongjong |
References
- Adam Bohnet, “Ruling Ideology and Marginal Subjects: Ming Loyalism and Foreign Lineages in Late Chosŏn Korea.” Journal of Early Modern History 15:6 (January 2011): 484.
- ↑ Kang, David C. “Hierarchy and Legitimacy in International Systems: The Tribute System in Early Modern East Asia.” Security Studies 19, no. 4 (2010): 612
