Ugeo of Gojoseon

Ugeo of Gojoseon
Hangul	우거왕
Hanja	右渠王
Revised Romanization	Ugeo Wang
McCune–Reischauer	Ugŏ Wang
Birth name
Hangul	위우거
Hanja	衛右渠
Revised Romanization	Wi Ugeo
McCune–Reischauer	Wi Ugŏ

Ugeo
右渠王
우거왕
Ugeo; 右渠王; 우거왕
King of Wiman Joseon
Reign	Unknown – 108 BC
Died	108 BC; Wanggeom-seong, Wiman Joseon
Issue	Wi Jang
House	Wi

Ugeo (Korean: 위우거; Hanja: 衛右渠, died 108 BC) was the last king of Wiman Joseon, the last remnant of Gojoseon. He was a grandson of Wi Man.

Ugeo was killed by an assassin sent by a faction advocating surrender. Even after the death of Ugeo, Gojoseon resisted the Han forces until 108 BC but lost and the Four Commanderies of Han were then set up.

Family

Wi Man (Hanja:衛満), grandfather and first king of Wiman Joseon
son and successor, name not recorded
Wi Jang (Hanja:衛長降), Son

Rebellion against Ugeo

Around the period from 128 BC to 126 BC, Canghai Commandery, covering an area in northern Korean peninsula to southern Manchuria, existed. Nan Lü (Hanja:南閭), who was a monarch of Dongye and a subject of Wiman Joseon, revolted against Ugeo of Gojoseon and then surrendered to the Han dynasty with 280,000 people.^[a] The Canghai Commandery was established following this revolution, however in 2 years, it was abolished by Gongsun Hong.^[1]

Gallery

Korea in 108 BC. Wiman Joseon before destroyed by Han dynasty.
Han dynasty destroys Wiman Joseon, and establishing the Four Commanderies.

Notes

^ Book of the Later Han, Treatise on the Dongyi, 元朔元年武帝年也., 濊君南閭等【集解】惠棟曰, 顏籀云, 南閭者, 薉君之名.畔右渠, 率二十八萬口詣遼東內屬, 武帝以其地爲蒼海郡, 數年乃罷.

References

^ 창해군 한국민족문화대백과 Encyclopedia of Korean Culture

Regnal titles
Ugeo of Gojoseon House of Wi
Unknown Last known title holder: Wiman of Gojoseon	King of Gojoseon c. 129 BC – 108 BC	Vacant Annexed by Western Han

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[1] Book of the Later Han, Treatise on the Dongyi, 元朔元年武帝年也., 濊君南閭等【集解】惠棟曰, 顏籀云, 南閭者, 薉君之名.畔右渠, 率二十八萬口詣遼東內屬, 武帝以其地爲蒼海郡, 數年乃罷.

[2] 창해군 한국민족문화대백과 Encyclopedia of Korean Culture

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