Daeso of Buyeo

Daeso of Buyeo
Hangul	대소왕
Hanja	帶素王
Revised Romanization	Daeso Wang
McCune–Reischauer	Taeso Wang

Hae Daeso of Buyeo
부여 해대소
Hae Daeso of Buyeo; 부여 해대소
3rd King of Dongbuyeo
Reign	7 BCE – 22 AD
Coronation	c. 7 BCE
Predecessor	Hae Geumwa of Dongbuyeo
Successor	Dynasty abolished
Born	Kingdom of Dongbuyeo
Died	c. 21-22 AD; Kingdom of Dongbuyeo
House	House of Hae
Father	Hae Geumwa of Dongbuyeo

Hae Daeso (Korean: 해대소; Hanja: 解帶素; 60 BCE – 22 AD, r. 7 BCE – 22 AD) was the third and last ruler of the ancient Korean kingdom Dongbuyeo.

Early life

Daeso was the first son of King Geumwa, and the grandson of Dongbuyeo's founder and first ruler, Hae Buru. As the eldest son of Geumwa, he was made Crown Prince of Dongbuyeo.

Goguryeo's founder, Jumong's exceptional skill at archery gave cause for tremendous jealousy and envy from Daeso and his six brothers. Jumong knew that his continuing presence in Dongbuyeo placed him in real danger, so he decided to flee to Jolbon Buyeo. In 37 BC, Jumong established Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In 7 BC, King Geumwa died, elevating Daeso to the throne of Dongbuyeo.^[1]

War with Goguryeo

As king, Daeso gathered enough military power to attack Goguryeo. Before attacking, however, he sent an envoy to Goguryeo's King Yuri, ordering him to send a royal hostage to Dongbuyeo. Goguryeo rejected the order leading to the first Goguryeo-Dongbuyeo war to occur in 6 AD. Daeso directly led a 50,000-man army into Goguryeo, but was forced to retreat when heavy snow began to fall.^[2] After this defeat, Daeso had to wait seven years before he could seek to regain what he had lost from the first war with Goguryeo. In 13 AD, Daeso led his armies into Goguryeo once again. This time, Muhyul, crown prince of Goguryeo, led the armies of Goguryeo in a well-planned ambush and slaughtered virtually all of Daeso's army. Only Daeso and a few of his men escaped back to Dongbuyeo.

Death and aftermath

After the death of Goguryeo's King Yuri, Crown Prince Muhyul rose to the throne to become King Daemusin. In 21 AD, King Daemusin led an army and invaded Dongbuyeo, eventually killing Daeso, but he didn't destroy Dongbuyeo. Instead, in 22 AD the nephew of King Daeso, Dojin, was given responsibility for Dongbuyeo but with its territory being absorbed into the kingdom of Goguryeo.

Popular culture

Portrayed by Kim Seung-soo in the 2006–2007 MBC TV series Jumong.
Portrayed by Han Jin-hee in the 2008–2009 KBS2 TV series The Kingdom of the Winds.

References

^ "대소왕" [Daeso Wang]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-03.
^ Samguk Sagi,book 13,King Yuri section of the Goguryeo's Records(高句麗本紀)"十四年，春正月，扶餘王帶素遣使來聘，請交質子，王憚扶餘强大，欲以太子都切為質，都切恐不行，帶素恚之。冬十[7]月，帶素以兵五萬來侵，大雪人多凍死，乃去。"

[1] "대소왕" [Daeso Wang]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-03.

[2] Samguk Sagi,book 13,King Yuri section of the Goguryeo's Records(高句麗本紀)"十四年，春正月，扶餘王帶素遣使來聘，請交質子，王憚扶餘强大，欲以太子都切為質，都切恐不行，帶素恚之。冬十[7]月，帶素以兵五萬來侵，大雪人多凍死，乃去。"

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