An To-ch'i (Korean: 안도치; Hanja: 安都赤; died April 15, 1363[a]) was a Goryeo eunuch and an assistant of King Gongmin.[1] After the King fled to Andong to escape the Red Turban invaders in 1361, he came back in March 3, 1363 after the situation was settled. King Gongmin decided to stay Heungwangsa Temple in Gyeonggi Province as the capital of Gaegyeong was devastated by the invasion. An was with the king at this time. On April 15, 1363, Kim Yong (김용; 金鏞) rebelled and attacked the Temple by sending about 50 men there to kill the king.[2] An, a look-alike of the king, pretended to be his liege and was slain by the putschists. The king would survive the assassination and the perpetrators were punished.[3][4]
| An To-ch'i | |
| Hangul | 안도치 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 安都赤 |
| Revised Romanization | An Dochi |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Toch'i |
In popular culture
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edit- ^ In the Korean calendar (lunisolar), he died on 1 March 1363.
References
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edit- ^ 안도치(安都赤). Encykorea (in Korean). Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ 김용이 일으킨 흥왕사의 변란을 진압하다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ 안도치가 흥왕사의 난 때 공민왕 대신 살해되다. Goryeosa (in Korean). Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ Robinson, David M. (2009). Empire's twilight: northeast Asia under the Mongols. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-674-03608-6.
Books
edit- 韓國人物小說全集 vol. 4 (in Korean). University of California: Yuwen Ge. 1967. pp. 91, 93.
- 국역 "고려사".: 열전 [The National Goryeosa] (in Korean). University of Michigan: The National culture. 2006. ISBN 9788982080951.