Banya (Goryeo)
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Ban-Ya 반야 般若 | |
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Died | 1376 Imjin River |
Issue | U of Goryeo |
Banya (Korean: 반야; Hanja: 般若) was the birth mother of King U of Goryeo.
Biography[]
Banya was a nobi serf of the Buddhist monk Sin Don. King Gongmin visited Sin Do often, and in the course of these visits, he slept with Banya, and she gave birth to a son in 1365. The Goryeosa, compiled by the following Joseon dynasty, states that Banya was a servant-turned-concubine of Sin Don and that the child was actually Sin Don's son.[1] However, the veracity of these claims was questioned even in the Joseon period, and it is generally accepted that the boy, known as Monino, was indeed King Gongmin's son.[2][3]
The Goryeosa records that King Gongmin banished Sin Don to Suwon in 1371, after which he named his son by Banya his heir. The boy was renamed U (Korean: 우; Hanja: 禑) and recorded to be the king's son by a deceased palace maid of the Han clan.[1] When Gongmin died in 1374, the boy became King U.
In 1376, Banya snuck into the residence of Queen Mother Myeongdeok, where she complained, 'I gave birth to the king, so how is it that his mother is of the Han clan?'[4] The Queen Mother drove Banya out, and Banya was sentenced to imprisonment. At her sentencing, Banya pointed to the inner gate and shouted, 'if heaven knows of my resentment, this gate will surely collapse!' The gate then promptly collapsed, just as an official was about to walk through it. Despite this, Banya was thrown into the Imjin River, and one of her relatives was executed.[5]
In popular culture[]
- Portrayed by Seo Ji-hye in the 2005–2006 MBC TV series Sin Don.
Notes[]
- ^ a b Goryeosa, vol. 133. Biographies, vol. 46.
- ^ Kim 김, Jeonghyeon 정현 (2015). "고려 우왕은 신돈의 자식인가, 공민왕의 자식인가" [Was King U of Goryeo the child of King Gongmin or Sindon?]. Wolgan Chosun (in Korean). No. 1. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Seong (2008).
- ^ 我實生主上, 何母韓氏耶.
- ^ Goryeosa, vol. 133. Biographies, vol. 46. King U: Month 3, Year 2.
References[]
- Jeong In-ji, ed. (1451). 고려사 [Goryeosa].
- Seong, Kihwan (성기환) (2008). 생각하는 한국사 2: 고려시대부터 조선·일제강점까지 [Thinking about Korean history, vol. 2: from Goryeo to Joseon and Japanese rule] (in Korean). Budle Media. ISBN 9788986982923.
External links[]
- 공민왕 [King Gongmin] (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia.
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