Jwaji of Geumgwan Gaya

Jwaji of Geumgwan Gaya
Hangul	좌지왕 also 김질왕 also 김토
Hanja	坐知王 also 金叱王 also 金吐
Revised Romanization	Jwaji wang also Gimjil wang
McCune–Reischauer	Chwaji wang also Kimjil wang

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. He married Queen Boksu, who was the daughter of the high official (daeagan) Donyeong. She gave birth to the crown prince Chwihui.

The Samguk Yusa reports that he appointed the relatives of a favoured concubine 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-to 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.

See also

• List of Korean monarchs
• History of Korea
• Gaya confederacy
• Three Kingdoms of Korea

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.