Gang Jin-ui

Queen Jeonghwa of the Sincheon Gang clan (Korean: 정화왕후 강씨; Hanja: 貞和王后 康氏), personal name Gang Jin-ui, was the second daughter of Gang Bo-yuk who would become the great-grandmother of Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty. As a figure from the Later Silla period, she is the first one from among the ancestors of King Taejo to be accurately reported by the left records.

Queen Jeonghwa
Queen consort of Goryeo
(posthumously)
SuccessorQueen Wonchang
BornGang Jin-ui (강진의, 康辰義)
SpouseGukjo of Goryeo
IssueUijo of Goryeo
Posthumous name
Jeonghwa (정화, 貞和; "Chaste and Harmonious")
HouseSincheon Gang (by birth)
Gaeseong Wang (by marriage)
FatherGang Bo-yuk
MotherLady Gang Deok-ju
ReligionBuddhism
Korean name
Hangul
정화왕후
Hanja
貞和王后
Revised RomanizationJeonghwa Wanghu
McCune–ReischauerChŏnghwa Wanghu
Birth name
Hangul
강진의
Hanja
康辰義
Revised RomanizationGang Jin-ui
McCune–ReischauerKang Ch'in-ŭi

Biography

Gang Chung was a son of Gang Ho-gyeong who was the 67th descendant of Gang Hou. Gang Hou was the second child of Gang Shu who was from Zingzhao country, Shangxi province in China.[1][2][3] He had three children named as I-Jegeon, Bo-Seung and Gang Bo Yuk. Gang Bo Yuk married with his niece Gang Deju and their daughter Kang Jin-ui (강진의, 康辰義) was born. Kang Jin-ui married a Chinese man and birthed the future King Uijo of Goryeo. The father of King Uijo was from a royal family of the Tang dynasty, China.[4] According to Pyeonnyeon-Tong-Long (ko:편년통록) and Goryeosa jeolyo (ko:고려사절요), he was Emperor Suzong of Tang. In Pyeonnyeongangmog (Korean: 변년강목; Hanja: 編年綱目), it stated that Emperor Xuānzong of Tang was the father of King Uijo.[5][6] When his father visited Silla, King Uijo of Goryeo was born between his Chinese father and Kang Jin-ui who was a daughter of Gang Bo-yuk. On the way of finding his father to China, King Uijo met Queen Wonchang and married her. According to Record of Seongwon (Korean: 성원녹; Hanja: 聖源録), Queen Wonchang was a daughter of Tou En Dian Jiao Gan from Ping state (zh:平州刺史部), China.[7] Queen Wonchang gave birth to 4 boys; one of them whose name was Wang Ryung. His son eventually became the founder of Goryeo, Taejo of Goryeo.[8][9]

According to Goryeosa, her elder sister climbed the top of Mount Ogwan (Korean: 오관산; Hanja: 五冠山) in the dream. In the dream, she urinated as the world overflows and she talked about this dream to Jin-ui. Jin-ui thought this dream implied good luck and she bought her sister's dream with her silk woven Chima jeogori. After that she met the royal family from Tang dynasty in Silla and gave birth to King Uijo of Goryeo.[10]

Family

References
  1. Segye Ilbo 2013
  2. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 신천강씨
  3. 성씨검색 강（康）-뿌리를 찾아서
  4. 高雲基 2001, p. 86
  5. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 경강대왕
  6. 高雲基 2001, p. 86
  7. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 의조경강대왕
  8. Segye Ilbo 2013
  9. 高雲基 2001, pp. 86–87
  10. 高雲基 2001, p. 87
  11. 高雲基 2001, p. 87
  12. Became the ancestor to Lady Sinjuwon, Gang Jo, Gang Ji-yeon, Gang Yun-seong, and Queen Sindeok.
  13. 高雲基 2001, p. 87
  14. 高雲基 2001, p. 87

Sources
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