Crown Prince Maui

Crown Prince Maui
Hangul 마의태자
Hanja 麻衣太子
Revised Romanization Maui taeja
McCune–Reischauer Maŭi t'aeja
Birth name
Hangul 김일
Hanja 金鎰 or 溢
Revised Romanization Gim Il
McCune–Reischauer Kim Il

Crown Prince Maui (912 – ?) (Maui taeja, 마의태자) was the last prince of the kingdom of Silla. Maui means Hemp dress.

He was the son of King Gyeongsun, the last king of Silla. He was known to wear a special type of cloth after the civil wars in Silla ended. The name 'Maui' came from the fact that he spent his whole life wearing clothes made of linen.[1] His father, was killed in the civil war by a lone warrior. After hearing the news, the prince fled to the southern mountains in Jeolla. He was also the creator and the originator of the Nakan (낙안) Kim clan which was separated out of the clan that was the present's ancestors, the Gyeongju Clan. After fleeing, he had his descendants bred there, and he became a Buddhist monk. The present Nagan Kims only have 130 families currently in Seoul.[2]

Culture

Crown Prince Maui (Novel)

It is a historical novel written by Yi Kwang-su. It was serialized in The Dong-a Ilbo from May of 1926 to January 1927, and was published in January 1928 as a book in the Bakmunseogwan(博文書館). When King Gyeongsun of Silla, tried to surrender to Taejo of Goryeo, he made a novel of crown prince Maui life's story of a young man which ended with his life in the mountains of Mount Kumgang [3]

Reference

  1. ↑ "마의태자(麻衣太子) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". encykorea.aks.ac.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  2. ↑ "마의태자" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  3. ↑ "마의태자(麻衣太子) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". encykorea.aks.ac.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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