Wihwado Retreat

Coup of 1388
Date22 May – 3 June 1388
LocationKaesŏng, Goryeo (now part of North Korea)
Result

Successful Coup

Belligerents
Insurgents
led by Gen. Yi Seong-gye and Gen. Jo Min-soo		 Goryeo
led by Gen. Choe Yeong
Commanders and leaders
Yi Seong-gye
Jo Min-soo		 King U
Choe Yeong
Strength
50,000 troops Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Turning back the army from Wihwa Island (Korean: 위화도 회군, Chinese: 威化岛回军) refers to the 1388 episode in the Korean history where General Yi Seong-gye of the Koryo dynasty, who had been sent to go north into northeast China to battle with the new Ming dynasty army in support of the Mongols, decided on Wihwa Island (Chinese: 威化岛 = Weihua Island) in the Yalu River to turn back his army southward to Kaesong as the first of a series of his revolting actions that eventually led to the establishment of the Joseon dynasty.[1][2]

  • The 2014 period adventure film The Pirates begins with the Wihwado Retreat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ John K. Fairbank, "East Asia: Tradition and Transformation" (Harvard University Press, 1989)
  2. ↑ Weihua Island (Baike Encyclopedia） (in Chinese)

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