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Chungmok of Goryeo
高麗 忠穆
고려 충목
Wang Heun (왕흔)
King of Goryeo
Reign 1344–1348
Coronation 1344
Predecessor Chunghye of Goryeo
Successor Chungjeong of Goryeo
Prince Shen(Sim) of Yang
Reign 1345–1348
Coronation 1345
Predecessor Wang Go
Successor Wang Jeo
Born Wang Heun
15 May 1337
Died 25 December 1348 (1348-12-26) (aged 11)
Burial Myeongneung Tomb
Posthumous name
King Hyeonhyo the Great
현효대왕
(顯孝大王)
House House of Wang
Father Chunghye of Goryeo
Mother Princess Deoknyeong
Religion Buddhism
Chungmok of Goryeo
Hangul
충목왕
Hanja
忠穆王
Revised Romanization Chungmok wang
McCune–Reischauer Ch'ungmok wang
Birth name
Hangul
왕흔
Hanja
王昕
Revised Romanization Wang Heun
McCune–Reischauer Wang Hŭn

Chungmok of Goryeo (15 May 1337 – 25 December 1348, r. 1344–1348), born Wang Heun (왕흔, 王昕), was the 29th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.

Biography

He was the eldest son of King Chunghye, and his mother was Princess Deoknyeong. Chungmok is known in some records by his Mongolian name, Batma Dorji, which is rendered in hanja as Palsamataaji (팔사마타아지, 八思麻朶兒只).

After King Chunghye was deposed in 1343, King Chungmok had an audience with the Yuan Emperor Togon-temür. He was asked whether he would prefer to follow the ways of his mother or his father; when King Chungmok answered that he would prefer to follow his mother, the Emperor said that this was a child who knew the difference between right and wrong, and made him king.

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