Kral U, 1374'ten 1388'e kadar hükümdarlik yapmistir.
13. yy.'da Mongol kuvvetleri Çin'e dogru ilerlemeye baslamistir ve Yuan hanedanligini kurmustu. Mongol istilalarindan sonra Goryeo Yuan Hanedanligi himayesine girdi. Yaklasik olarak 80 yil bu böyle devam etti. Ming Hanedanligi (Çin) asiri derecede güçlenerek Yuan kuvetlerini yendi. Bunun üzerine 1350 yilinda Goryeo bagimsizligina tekrar kavustu.
1374'te Anti-Ming grubundan Yi In-Im Kral Gongmin'e suikast düzenlemistir.
Anti Ming grubu Kral gongmin'in halefinden sonra 11 yasindaki Kral U'yu tahta geçirdi.
Goryeo'nun kaderi için Ming ordusuyla savaslar yapmistir. Savaslarin ardindan Yi Seonggye Goryeo tahtini isgal ederek. Ülkeyi kontrolü altina aldi. Kral U ve oglu Kral Chang'i öldürttü.
Çeviri:hyun_bin
Not: Resim bulamadim.
English:
U of Goryeo (often written Woo, 1363 – 1389) ruled Goryeo (Korea) from 1374 until 1388.
In the thirteenth century, Mongol forces had advanced into China, and established the Yuan Dynasty in 1271. After a series of Mongol invasions, Goryeo eventually capitulated and became a vassal of the Yuan Dynasty, and would remain so for approximately 80 years. The Ming Dynasty in China had grown extremely powerful during the 14th century, however, and began to beat back the Yuan forces, so that by the 1350s Goryeo had regained its independence, although China garrisoned a large number of troops in the north-east of Goryeo, effectively occupying part of the country.
In 1374 a military hero and high official named Yi In-Im led a small yet strong anti-Ming faction that assassinated King Gongmin.
The anti-Ming group enthroned an eleven-year-old boy reportedly born to a palace slave girl as Gongmin's successor. The Chinese were suspicious about King Gongmin's sudden and unexplained death, and had real doubts about the legitimacy of the adolescent King U.
There was a growing feeling in Kaesŏng that Goryeo needed to take some kind of pre-emptive action against China, and advisors to King U eventually goaded him into attacking the powerful Ming armies. Against universal opposition, and in violation of the long-standing Goryeo practice of not invading its neighbors, King U went one step further and insisted on attacking China proper. In 1388, General Yi Seonggye was ordered to use his armies to push the Ming armies out of the Korean peninsula. The general realised the strength of the Ming forces when he came into contact with them at the Amrok River, and made a momentous decision that would alter the course of Korean history. Knowing of the support he enjoyed both from high-ranking government officials and the populace, he decided to return to the capital and take control of the government instead of possibly destroying his army attacking the Chinese.
He returned to Kaesŏng and, after overpowering the royal court's defenders and killing General Choe Yeong, Yi Seonggye usurped the throne from Goryeo's Dynasty and took control of the government. King U and his son King Chang were both assassinated.
U became the only king in Korea's long history never to have had a posthumous title for his reign.
13. yy.'da Mongol kuvvetleri Çin'e dogru ilerlemeye baslamistir ve Yuan hanedanligini kurmustu. Mongol istilalarindan sonra Goryeo Yuan Hanedanligi himayesine girdi. Yaklasik olarak 80 yil bu böyle devam etti. Ming Hanedanligi (Çin) asiri derecede güçlenerek Yuan kuvetlerini yendi. Bunun üzerine 1350 yilinda Goryeo bagimsizligina tekrar kavustu.
1374'te Anti-Ming grubundan Yi In-Im Kral Gongmin'e suikast düzenlemistir.
Anti Ming grubu Kral gongmin'in halefinden sonra 11 yasindaki Kral U'yu tahta geçirdi.
Goryeo'nun kaderi için Ming ordusuyla savaslar yapmistir. Savaslarin ardindan Yi Seonggye Goryeo tahtini isgal ederek. Ülkeyi kontrolü altina aldi. Kral U ve oglu Kral Chang'i öldürttü.
Çeviri:hyun_bin
Not: Resim bulamadim.
English:
U of Goryeo (often written Woo, 1363 – 1389) ruled Goryeo (Korea) from 1374 until 1388.
In the thirteenth century, Mongol forces had advanced into China, and established the Yuan Dynasty in 1271. After a series of Mongol invasions, Goryeo eventually capitulated and became a vassal of the Yuan Dynasty, and would remain so for approximately 80 years. The Ming Dynasty in China had grown extremely powerful during the 14th century, however, and began to beat back the Yuan forces, so that by the 1350s Goryeo had regained its independence, although China garrisoned a large number of troops in the north-east of Goryeo, effectively occupying part of the country.
In 1374 a military hero and high official named Yi In-Im led a small yet strong anti-Ming faction that assassinated King Gongmin.
The anti-Ming group enthroned an eleven-year-old boy reportedly born to a palace slave girl as Gongmin's successor. The Chinese were suspicious about King Gongmin's sudden and unexplained death, and had real doubts about the legitimacy of the adolescent King U.
There was a growing feeling in Kaesŏng that Goryeo needed to take some kind of pre-emptive action against China, and advisors to King U eventually goaded him into attacking the powerful Ming armies. Against universal opposition, and in violation of the long-standing Goryeo practice of not invading its neighbors, King U went one step further and insisted on attacking China proper. In 1388, General Yi Seonggye was ordered to use his armies to push the Ming armies out of the Korean peninsula. The general realised the strength of the Ming forces when he came into contact with them at the Amrok River, and made a momentous decision that would alter the course of Korean history. Knowing of the support he enjoyed both from high-ranking government officials and the populace, he decided to return to the capital and take control of the government instead of possibly destroying his army attacking the Chinese.
He returned to Kaesŏng and, after overpowering the royal court's defenders and killing General Choe Yeong, Yi Seonggye usurped the throne from Goryeo's Dynasty and took control of the government. King U and his son King Chang were both assassinated.
U became the only king in Korea's long history never to have had a posthumous title for his reign.
