Yi Jachun

Yi Ja-chun (Mongolian name: Ulus Bukha (Cyrillic: Улус Буха); Chinese: 吾魯思不花) (1315 – 1361) or Lee Jachun was a minor military officer of the Yuan Dynasty (he later transferred allegiance to the Goryeo Dynasty) and the father of Yi Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty. He was given the temple name Hwanjo (환조; 桓祖) by Taejong.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.
Yi Ja-Chun, Hwanjo of Joseon
이자춘, 조선 환조
李子春, 朝鮮 桓祖
King of Joseon
(Posthumous)
BornYi Jachun (이자춘)
20 January 1315
Aldongcheon Lake, Dongbuk-myeon, Kingdom of Goryeo
Died3 June 1361 (aged 46)
Yeongheung, Hamgyeong-do, Kingdom of Goryeo
Burial
Jeongneung tomb
SpouseLady Yi
Lady Choe
Lady Gim
IssueYi Wongye
Yi Cheongye
Lady Yi
Yi Seonggye
Lady Yi
Yi Hwa
Yi Yeong
Posthumous name
King Hwanwang Hwanjo Yeonmu Seonghwang the Great
환왕환조연무성환대왕
桓王 桓祖 淵武聖桓大王
Temple name
Hwanjo (환조, 桓祖)
HouseHouse of Yi
FatherDojo of Joseon
MotherQueen Gyeongsun of the Munju Bak clan
Yi Jachun
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYi Ja-chun
McCune–ReischauerI Cha-ch'un

Biography

Yi Ja-chun was a mingghan (chief of one thousand) of the Yuan Dynasty in Ssangseong Prefectures (雙城;　Ssangseong in Korean, now Yŏnghŭng, Hamgyŏngnamdo, North Korea - territory which was then administered by the Mongol Empire as part of the terms of the vassaldom of Goryeo to that empire). After Ssangseong was annexed by Goryeo under King Gongmin, he migrated to Hamju, Hamgyŏngnamdo and got promoted to manho (the equivalent of the Mongolian tümen, lit. ten thousand or chief of ten thousand). He married a Goryeo-Korean lady from Anbyon, who became Queen Uihye, the mother of Yi Seong-gye. He died in Hamgyong in 1361.

Since he was glamorized by his descendants, descriptions of Yi Ja-chun's life tend to be contradictory to each other. For example, he is said to have risen to the rank of scholar-official. However, when he died, the king at the time expressed condolences for Jachun as if for scholar-officials, implying that Yi Ja-chun was not a scholar-official.

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