Ugeo_of_Gojoseon

Ugeo of Gojoseon

Ugeo of Gojoseon

Last King of Wiman Joseon (r. ?–108 BC)


Ugeo (Korean: 위우거; Hanja: 衛右渠, died 108 BC) was the last king of Wiman Joseon, the last remnant of Gojoseon. He was a grandson of Wi Man.

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Ugeo was killed by an assassin sent by a faction advocating surrender. Even after the death of Ugeo, Gojoseon resisted the Han forces until 108 BC but lost and the Four Commanderies of Han were then set up.

Family

  • Wi Man (Hanja:衛満), grandfather and first king of Wiman Joseon
  • son and successor, name not recorded
  • Wi Jang (Hanja:衛長降), Son

Rebellion against Ugeo

Around the period from 128 BC to 126 BC, Canghai Commandery,covering an area in northern Korean peninsula to southern Manchuria,existed. Nan Lü (Hanja:南閭), who was a monarch of Dongye and a subject of Wiman Joseon, revolted against Ugeo of Gojoseon and then surrendered to the Han dynasty with 280,000 people.[lower-alpha 1] The Canghai Commandery was established following this revolution, however in 2 years, it was abolished by Gongsun Hong.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. Book of the Later Han,Treatise on the Dongyi,元朔元年武帝年也., 濊君南閭等【集解】 惠棟曰, 顏籀云, 南閭者, 薉君之名.畔右渠, 率二十八萬口詣遼東內屬, 武帝以其地爲蒼海郡, 數年乃罷.

References

  1. 창해군 한국민족문화대백과 Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
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