Pak Yŏng-gyu

For the South Korean actor, see Park Yeong-gyu.

In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.

Pak Yŏng-gyu (Korean: 박영규; Hanja: 朴英規) was a Korean general who served Later Baekje. He was the son-in-law of its king, having married Kyŏn Hwŏn's daughter.^[1] When Kyŏn Hwŏn escaped to the rival kingdom of Goryeo after being overthrown by his son, Pak also defected to Goryeo. Pak was the father of Lady Dongsanwon, Queen Mungong, and Queen Munseong.^[2]

Pak Yŏng-gyu
Born	? Silla
Died	? Goryeo
Spouse	Lady Kyŏn Aebok
Children	2 unnamed sons Lady Dongsanwon Queen Mungong Queen Munseong
Father	Pak Ŏn-ji, Grand Prince Gangnam (박언지 강남대군)

Pak Yŏng-gyu
Hangul	박영규
Hanja	朴英規
Revised Romanization	Bak Yeonggyu
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Yŏnggyu

Biography

In March 935, Pak Yŏng-gyu's father-in-law, Kyŏn Hwŏn was overthrown in a palace coup and imprisoned at Geumsansa Temple (금산사; 金山寺) by his oldest son, Kyŏn Sin-gŏm, then in June, Kyŏn Hwŏn escaped and fled to Goryeo.^[3] In September 936, after secretly discussing and consulting with his wife, Princess Kyŏn Aebok, Pak sent an envoy to Goryeo to express his intention to defect and said that he would welcome the Goryeo army. Goryeo's king, Wang Kŏn, then rejoiced greatly about this and treated that messenger generously and sent him back to Pak. Later, when Wang Kŏn finally won in attacked the Later Baekje, Pak helped to contribute to the unification of Later Three Kingdoms.^[4]

After this, Wang Kŏn rewarded Pak Yong-gyu with land of an area of 1,000 kyŏng (경; 頃). Wang Kŏn also granted Pak's wife with 35 horses (역마 35필) and gave their two sons government posts.^[5] Due to Pak's contribution in helping Wang establish the new Goryeo Dynasty, Pak became officially titled as one of the Threefold Great Rectifers (삼중 대광; 三重 大匡; samjung taegwang), along with Yu Ch'ŏn-gung and Hwangbo Che-gong.^[6]

Since Pak was the one of Threefold Great Rectifers, both him and his wife had a good relationship with Taejo of Goryeo, they regarded and treated each other like siblings.^[7] Because of this too, Pak's oldest daughter became 17th wife of Taejo and his other two daughters became the first and second wives of Taejo's son, Jeongjong of Goryeo.

Family

1. Wife: Princess Kyŏn Aebok
   1. Mr. Pak (박씨) – 1st son.
   2. Mr. Pak (박씨) – 2nd son.
   3. Lady Dongsanwon – 1st daughter.
   4. Queen Mungong – 2nd daughter.
   5. Queen Munseong – 3rd daughter.

In popular culture

• Portrayed by Im Hyuk-joo in the 2000–2002 KBS1 TV series Taejo Wang Geon.
• Portrayed by Kim Sang-soon in the 2002–2003 KBS TV series The Dawn of the Empire.
• Portrayed by Choi Byung-mo in the 2016 SBS TV series Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo.^[8]

See also

• Yu Ch'ŏn-gung
• Hwangbo Che-gong

References

1. 견훤의 사위인 박영규가 귀부해오다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2021.
2. Kim Sang-jin (2001). 朝鮮朝領議政朴元宗研究 [Research on Park Won-jong] (in Korean and Chinese). University of Michigan: National Studies Archive. p. 25. ISBN 9788982066153.
3. Kim Kap-dong (2015). 인물로 읽는 라이벌 한국사: 우리 역사를 바꾼 숙명의 라이벌 28인 [Korean history of rivals read as characters: 28 rivals of fate that changed our history] (in Korean). Apple Books. ISBN 9791157710911.
4. 「박영규전설」 - 디지털순천문화대전 (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2021.
5. Kim Kap-dong (2000). 김갑동교수의태조왕건 [Professor Kim Kap-dong's Taejo Wang Geon] (in Korean). University of Michigan: Ilbit. p. 356. ISBN 9788985893572.
6. 이야기 고려왕조실록 (상) [Story of Annals of the Goryeo Dynasty (top)] (in Korean). Korean History Research Institute: Taoreum. 2009. ISBN 9788996200833.
7. Park Sang-jin (2001). 朝鮮朝領議政朴元宗研究 [The Research of Korean History] (in Korean). University of Michigan: National Studies Archive. p. 25. ISBN 9788982066153.
8. '달의 연인' 최병모, 계략가 박영규로 본격 활약..브라운관-스크린의 신스틸러. BreakNews (in Korean). 28 September 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

External links

• Bak Yeong-gyu on the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean).
• Bak Yeong-gyu on Doosan Encyclopedia (in Korean).
• Bak Yeong-gyu on Goryeosa (in Korean).