Wei Man
| Chinese name | |
|---|---|
| Traditional : | 衛 滿 |
| Simplified : | 卫 满 |
| Pinyin : | Wèimǎn |
| Wade-Giles : | Wei-man |
| Korean name | |
| korean alphabet : | 위만 |
| Chinese characters : | 衛 滿 |
| Revised Romanization : | Wiman |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Wiman |
Wei Man , also Wiman in Korean , was a Chinese general who lived in the 2nd century BC. King of the Korean Kingdom of Go-Joseon was. Contemporary Chinese sources only call it Man, the name Wei was added later.
history
Wei Man was a general of Yan State who was ruled by Prince Lu Wan (盧 綰) at the time. Lu Wan was forced to live in 195 BC. After the Han emperor Gao accused and persecuted him of rebellion. Wei Man then crossed the Pae River (浿 水) to Go-Joseon together with 1,000 supporters.
He succeeded in increasing his following to include Chinese refugees from Yan (燕) and Qi (齊) as well as locals from Jinbeon and Joseon (朝鮮), with whom he finally overthrew King Jun from the throne. He moved the capital to Wanggeom (near what is now Pyongyang ). 108 BC Go-Joseon was defeated by Emperor Wu under the reign of his grandson Youqu . The period between 194 and 108 BC Wiman Joseon is also mentioned in Korean historiography .
Individual evidence
- ^ Marion Eggert , Jörg Plassen: Small history of Korea . Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-52841-4 , p. 16-17 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wei Man |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiman (Korean) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese general, King of Korea |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |