Crown Prince Maui

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Crown Prince Maui (Korean: 마의태자; Hanja: 麻衣太子; born 912), born Kim Il (Korean: 김일; Hanja: 金鎰) was the last Silla Crown Prince as the son of its last ruler, King Gyeongsun.

Crown Prince Maui
Hangul	마의태자
Hanja	麻衣太子
Revised Romanization	Maui taeja
McCune–Reischauer	Maŭi ta'ech'a
Birth name
Hangul	김일
Hanja	金鎰 or 溢
Revised Romanization	Gim Il
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Il

The name Maui means "hemp dress", and comes from the fact that he spent his whole life wearing clothes made of hemp linen.^[1] His father surrendered Silla to Goryeo. After hearing the news, the prince fled to the southern mountains in Jeolla.^[2] Currently, the Buan Kim clan and the T'ongch'ŏn Kim clan regard Prince Maui as their founding ancestor.^[3]

In popular culture

TV series & dramas

• Portrayed Lee Byung-wook in the 2000–2002 KBS1 TV series Taejo Wang Geon.
• Portrayed by Ahn Chi-yong in the 2009 KBS TV series Empress Cheonchu.

Novel

• Portrayed in a historical novel Crown Prince Maui, written by Lee Kwang-soo and was serialized in the Dong-a Ilbo from May 1926 to January 1927. It was published in January 1928 as a book in the Bakmunseogwan (博文書館). The story tells the life of Maui as a young man on Mount Kumgang, after his father, Gyeongsun of Silla, tried to surrender to Taejo of Goryeo.^[4]

References

1. "마의태자(麻衣太子)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-18.
2. "마의태자" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-18.
3. "마의태자는 어느 집안 조상인가?". Weekly Chosun (in Korean). 23 February 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
4. "마의태자(麻衣太子)". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-06.