Jwaji of Geumgwan Gaya (r. 407–421) was the sixth ruler of Geumgwan Gaya

Geumgwan Gaya

Geumgwan Gaya , also known as Bon-Gaya or Garakguk , was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have been located around the modern-day city of Gimhae, Southern Gyeongsang province, near the mouth of the Nakdong River...

, a Gaya

Gaya confederacy

Gaya was a confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is 42–532 CE...

 state of ancient Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. He was the son of King Ipum

Ipum of Geumgwan Gaya

Ipum of Geumgwan Gaya was the fifth ruler of Geumgwan Gaya, a Gaya state of ancient Korea. He was the son of King Geojilmi and Queen Aji. He married Queen Jeongsin, and she gave birth to his heir, Jwaji.- See also :...

 and Queen Jeongsin. He married Queen Boksu, who was the daughter of the high official (daeagan) Donyeong. She gave birth to the crown prince Chwihui

Chwihui of Geumgwan Gaya

Chwihui of Geumgwan Gaya was the seventh ruler of Geumgwan Gaya, a Gaya state of ancient Korea. He was the son of King Jwaji and Queen Boksu. He married Indeok, daughter of the general Jinsa.- See also :...

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The Samguk Yusa reports that he appointed the relatives of a favoured concubine to high office, and that this led to political trouble. Furthermore, Silla

Silla

Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

 took advantage of the kingdom's vulnerability and invaded. After the courtier Pak Won-to remonstrated with him, the king went to a fortuneteller, who read him an I Ching

I Ching

The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...

 passage which indicated that he should destroy the heart of the problem. At that, he sent the concubine into exile and returned proper order to the court.

See also

• List of Korean monarchs
• History of Korea
  History of Korea
  The Korean Peninsula was inhabited from the Lower Paleolithic about 400,000-500,000 years ago. Archeological evidence indicates that the presence of modern humans in northeast Asia dates to 39,000 years ago. The earliest known Korean pottery dates to around 8000 BC, and the Neolithic period began...
  
  
• Gaya confederacy
  Gaya confederacy
  Gaya was a confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is 42–532 CE...
  
  
• Three Kingdoms of Korea
  Three Kingdoms of Korea
  The Three Kingdoms of Korea refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium...