Prince Gwanghae (English spelling)

Japanese: 光海君 - こうかいくん（英語表記）Kwanghaegun

[Born] King Seonjo 8 (1575)
[Died] 19th year of King Injo (1641). 15th king of the Joseon Dynasty (Yi Dynasty) (reigned 1608-23), Jeju Island, Korea. Second son of King Seonjo. His given name was In. At the end of King Seonjo's reign, the northerners split into two factions, one supporting Prince Gwanghae (Daebuk) and the other supporting Prince Yeongchang (Sobuk) over the issue of succession to the throne. King Gwanghae was keenly aware of the harm caused by party strife and tried to suppress it, but failed. Following the suggestion of the Daebuk faction, he killed his brother Prince Imhae, Kim Tae-nam (father of Queen Inmok), and 8-year-old Prince Yeongchang for treason, stripped Queen Inmok of her title of honor, and confined her to the Western Palace. From the 11th year of King Gwanghae's reign (19th year), the question arose of whether to side with the Ming or the Qing, and while officially calling for "supporting Ming and defeating Qing," King Gwanghae was secretly in league with the Qing. The Westerners, who had been away from power for a long time at that time, took advantage of this opportunity and in the 15th year of the reign of King Gwanghae (23rd year of the reign of King Gwanghae), led by Yi Gui and others, deposed King Gwanghae and installed King Injo on the throne. This was the "Injo Rebellion." King Gwanghae was exiled to Ganghwa Island, and later moved to Gyodong Island (Ganghwa County, Gyeonggi Province), and then to Jeju Island, where he died.

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Japanese:

[生]宣祖8(1575)
[没]仁祖19(1641).済州島
朝鮮，朝鮮王朝 (李朝) の第 15代の王 (在位 1608～23) 。宣祖の次子。諱は琿。宣祖末年に王位継承問題をめぐって，北人は光海君の支持派 (大北) と永昌大君の支持派 (小北) に分裂した。光海君は，一時党争の弊害を痛感し，抑制しようと努めたが失敗。大北派の示唆を受け，兄の臨海君，金悌男 (仁穆大妃の父) ，8歳の永昌大君を謀反罪で殺害し，仁穆大妃の尊号を廃して西宮に幽閉した。光海君 11 (19) 年以降，明，清いずれにつくかが問題となり，正式には「援明討清」を唱えながら，光海君はひそかに清に通じていた。当時，政権から久しく遠ざかっていた西人は，この機を利用して光海君 15 (23) 年，李貴らによって光海君を廃し，仁祖を即位させた。「仁祖反正」がそれである。光海君は江華島に追放され，のち喬桐島 (京畿道江華郡) ，次いで済州島に移りここで没した。

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