Geumwa of Buyeo

Geumwa of Buyeo
Hangul	금와왕
Hanja	金蛙王
Revised Romanization	Geumwa Wang
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭmwa Wang

Geumwa of Buyeo
부여 해금와
Geumwa of Buyeo; 부여 해금와
	Lady Yuhwa being found by King Geumwa by Sadahide Utagawa in his book Chōsenseihatsuki (1854)
King of Eastern Buyeo
Reign	48 BCE – 8 BCE
Predecessor	King Buru
Successor	King Daeso
Died	c. 7–8 BCE
Spouse	Unknown; Lady Yuhwa;
Issue	Daeso
House	House of Hae
Father	King Buru

Hae Geumwa (

Samguk Yusa

and Book of King Dongmyeong.

Birth and background

Geumwa (金蛙 or 金蝸) was the son of

Samgukyusa

, Hae Buru was old and without an heir, when he found a gold-colored frog-like (or a gold-colored snail-like) child under a large rock near Lake Gonyeon. Hae Buru named the child Geumwa, meaning golden frog (or golden snail), and later made him crown prince.

Hae Buru established

Dongbuyeo when he moved the capital east to Gaseopwon (Korean: 가섭원; Hanja: 迦葉原) by the Sea of Japan

(East Sea).

Reign

Jumong's departure

Geumwa became king after Hae Buru's death. At Ubal river (

Jumong

.

Geumwa's two sons resented Jumong, and so did he. He attempted numerous times to destroy Jumong when he was a teen, but later gave up, as the boy was indestructible. Jumong later ran away to

Jolbon, or former Bukbuyeo, where he later established Goguryeo

.

Mother of Goguryeo

Lady Yuhwa, Jumong's mother, died. Geumwa gave her the burial of a Queen Mother^[5] (Queen Mother of Goguryeo), despite the fact that she had never been a queen. Jumong sent numerous gifts to Geumwa in gratitude of caring for his mother, and peace was seemingly restored between the two kingdoms.

Death

Geumwa died, and the throne was passed to his eldest son

Dongbuyeo

and killed Daeso. After internal strife, Dongbuyeo fell, and its territory was absorbed into Goguryeo.

Popular culture

Portrayed by Jun Kwang-ryul in the 2006-2007 MBC TV series Jumong.

References

^ Doosan Encyclopedia 유화부인 柳花夫人. Doosan Encyclopedia.
^ Doosan Encyclopedia 하백 河伯. Doosan Encyclopedia.
^ Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 하백 河伯. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
^ 조현설. "유화부인". Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture. National Folk Museum of Korea. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ Samguk Sagi (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-01-18. 王母柳花薨於東扶餘　其王金蛙以太后禮葬之