Kang Ch'ung
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Biography
When Kang Hogyŏng, the oldest ancestor of Taejo went to hunting in Mount Pyeon Na (편나), he met a goddess of the mountain. She offered him to get married with her and rule theocracy together. However, Kang Hogyŏng already had a wife. According to a story, he visited his wife in his dream, she got pregnant and Kang Ch'ung was born.[1] Once day, Par Wong (Korean: 팔원; Hanja: 八元), who was a Feng Shui master in Silla visited Kang Hogyŏng and said “If you plant pine trees in Mount Song ak (Korean: 송악; Hanja: 松岳) and hide rocky wall, a person who unify three Korea will be born.” Kang Hogyŏng followed his prediction and planted pine trees covered rocky wall and Taejo was born.[2]
Family
- Father: Kang Hogyŏng (강호경, 康虎景)
- Mother: Unnamed lady (좌곡 여인)
- Wife: Lady Ku Ch'iŭi (구치의, 具置義)
- 1st son: Yi Chegŏn (이제건, 伊帝建)
- Granddaughter: Kang Tŏkchu (강덕주, 康德州)
- 2nd son: Kang Poyuk (강보육, 康寶育)
- Daughter-in-law: Kang Tŏkchu (강덕주, 康德州)
- 3rd son: Kang Pojŏn (강보전, 康寶甸)
- 1st son: Yi Chegŏn (이제건, 伊帝建)
