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King Mobon慕本王

Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 三國史記 · Kim Busik and others · 1145 (Goryeo, 23rd year of King Injong) · 6 passages · 241 Chinese characters · reading time 1.0 min

Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) Annals of Goguryeo The oldest surviving history of Korea. It is made up of the annals of Silla, Goguryeo and Baekje, together with the treatises, the tables and the biographies. Kim Busik set his own judgments here and there in passages marked as his comment, so what the compiler doubted and what he rebuked stands there still.

1King Mobon ascends the throne

慕本王,諱解憂,大武神王元子。閔中王薨,繼而卽位。為人,暴戾不仁,不恤國事,百姓怨之。

King Mobon's name was Haeu (解憂), and he was the eldest son of King Daemusin. When King Minjung died he followed him and ascended the throne. He was harsh and cruel by nature and not kind, and he did not care for the affairs of the country, and the people resented him.

Interlinear notes 1

一云解愛婁。

He is also called Haeaeru (解愛婁).

2The first year — Ik is made crown prince

元年,秋八月,大水,山崩二十餘所。冬十月,立王子翊為王太子。

In the first year, in autumn, the eighth month, there was a great flood and the mountains fell away in more than twenty places. In winter, the tenth month, the king's son Ik was set up as crown prince.

3The second year — the border lands of Han are attacked

二年,春,遣將襲漢北平、漁陽、上谷、太原。而遼東太守祭肜,以恩信待之,乃復和親。三月,暴風拔樹。夏四月,殞霜雨雹。秋八月,發使賑恤國內饑民。

In the second year, in spring, generals were sent to fall upon Beiping, Yuyang, Shanggu and Taiyuan in Han. But Zhai Rong, the prefect of Liaodong, treated them with kindness and good faith, and so they were at peace with him again.

In the third month a violent wind tore up trees. In summer, the fourth month, frost fell and hail fell. In autumn, the eighth month, envoys were sent to relieve the hungry people within the country.

4The fourth year — he sits upon men and lies with his head upon them

四年,王日增暴虐,居常坐人,臥則枕人。人或動搖,殺無赦,臣有諫者,彎弓射之。

In the fourth year the king grew more cruel day by day. Whenever he sat he sat upon a man, and when he lay down he laid his head upon a man. If a man so much as stirred, he killed him and did not pardon him, and if an officer remonstrated with him, he drew his bow and shot him.

5The sixth year — Duro kills his lord

六年,冬十一月,杜魯弑其君。杜魯,慕本人,侍王左右,慮其見殺,乃哭。或曰:「大丈夫何哭為?古人曰:『撫我則后,虐我則讎。』今王行虐以殺人,百姓之讎也,爾其圖之。」杜魯藏刀以進王前,王引而坐。於是,拔刀害之。遂葬於慕本原,號為慕本王。

In the sixth year, in winter, the eleventh month, Duro killed his lord.

Duro was a man of Mobon, and he served at the king's side, and fearing that he too would be killed he wept. Someone said to him. "Why does a grown man weep? The men of old said, 'He who comforts me is my lord, and he who is cruel to me is my enemy.' Now the king does cruelty and kills men, and he is the enemy of the people. Do you plan for it."

Duro hid a knife and went before the king, and the king drew him near and had him sit. With that he drew the knife and struck him. So he was buried in the Mobonwon plain and was called King Mobon (慕本王).

6Samguk sagi, book fourteen

三國史記卷第十四

Samguk sagi, book fourteen.