Background

According to the Samguk Sagi, a 12th-century Korean history of the Three Kingdoms, Minjung was the fifth and youngest son of Yuri (Goguryeo's second King), as well as the youngest brother of his predecessor Daemusin. His original name was Hae Saek-ju or Hae Eup-ju, and some scholars believe the king』s surname was Hae. The Samguk Sagi states that at the time of Daemusin's death the crown prince was his eldest son Mobon (then known as Hae U), but Mobon was still too young to rule. Thus, Minjung (then known as Haesaekjoo) ascended to the throne with national support.2 However, an alternative account exists in the Samguk Yusa, stating that Minjung was the son of Daemusin and the younger brother of Mobon.

Reign

During Minjung's five years of reign, he avoided military conflict and maintained peace throughout most of the kingdom.

A massive pardon of prisoners occurred in his first year of reign.

Several natural disasters marked his reign, including a flood during his second year of reign that occurred in the eastern provinces causing several citizens to lose their homes and starve. Seeing this, Minjung opened up the food storage and distributed food to the people.

In his third year of reign, it didn't snow in the capital.

In his fourth year of reign, Minjung found a stone grotto in the Western region of his kingdom and was said to have rested in it after a long hunt.

Death

In the year 48, during the fifth year of his reign, Minjung fell ill and died. On his deathbed, he requested to be buried in a grotto in Minjung-won, where he was eventually laid to rest. As a result, he was given the posthumous name, Minjung.

生平

根據朝鮮半島史書《三國史記》記載，大武神王於44年十月薨去，當時太子(即日後的慕本王)尚年幼，所以他被推舉繼位。

大事記

閔中王時臣服于玄菟郡，並儘量保持與周邊的和平。

在他繼位的第二年，高句麗東部發生水災。閔中王打開國庫向災民發放糧食。

一些研究表明，閔中王可能在位年限為8-12年，並為王莽時被漢討濊將軍嚴尤誅殺，而一千年後的三國史記則認為被誅殺的不是高句麗王，而是一名大臣代替王而死。

色朱即位的第二年，王莽派出五威將將各屬國的國王盡改為侯，匈奴、西域、西南夷隨後相繼反叛。公元11年，高句麗軍隊被徵調入遼西郡，準備參與漢軍對匈奴叛軍的討伐，隨之發生了高句麗士兵逃亡的事件。王莽及眾多幽州州郡官員將此責任歸罪到色朱的身上。次年，曾經替色朱申辯的討濊將軍嚴尤誘殺了色朱，同年王莽又改高句麗為下句麗，將玄菟上殷台縣改為下殷台，西蓋馬縣改為玄菟亭。于是，高句麗遂意圖脫離中原王朝獨立。

諡號及埋葬地

48年，閔中王在位第五年時病故。閔中王在遺言中叫人把他埋葬於他在閔中原發現的石窟裡，所以被賜諡號為閔中王。

三國史記中色朱這一令人懷疑的葬法上成為閔中王被誘殺的一個佐証。

參考

• 金富軾：《三國史記》

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