Micheon of Goguryeo
| Micheon of Goguryeo | |
| Hangul | 미천왕 or 호양왕 |
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| Hanja | 美川王, 好壤王 |
| Revised Romanization | Micheon-wang or Hoyang-wang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Mich'ŏn-wang |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 고을불 or 을불리 or 우불 |
| Hanja | 高乙弗 or 乙弗利 or 憂弗 |
| Revised Romanization | Go Eul-bul or Eulbulli or U-bul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ko Ŭlbul or Ŭlbulli or Ubul |
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Monarchs of Korea Goguryeo |
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King Micheon of Goguryeo (died 331, r. 300–331) was the 15th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
He was the grandson of the 13th king Seocheon, and the son of the gochuga Go Dol-go, who was killed by his brother, the 14th king Bongsang.
Korean historical records say that Micheon fled and hid as a servant in a miserable life such as throwing stones into a pond throughout the night to keep his master from being awakened. It is said a year later he left that house to become salt peddler but failed to gain huge asset. Meanwhile, King Bongsang became increasingly unpopular, and court officials, led by Prime Minister Chang Jo-Ri, carried out a coup that overthrew King Bongsang, and placed King Micheon on the throne.
Micheon continuously developed the Goguryeo army into a very powerful force. During the disintegration of China's Jin Dynasty, he expanded Goguryeo's borders into the Liaodong Peninsula and the other Chinese commanderies. Since the commanderies were nuisances to be eliminated for Goguryeo’s stability, the first military campaign in 302 headed against the Xuantu Commandery, with conquering Daedong River basins of current Pyeongyang. Consolidating cut-off between commanderies and Chinese mainland, Goguryeo also annexed the Lelang commandery in 313 and Daifang commandery in 314 after attacked Seoanpyeong (西安平; near modern Dandong) in Liaodong. The series of subjugation around northern Korean peninsular and Manchuria held its significance given that 400-year presence of Chinese forces was completely cleared out of Korean peninsular.
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