Gogugwon of Goguryeo

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<tr><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid"> Hangul:</td><td width="135" style="border-top:1px solid">고국원왕, 국원왕, 국강상왕</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">故國原王, 國原王, 國岡上王</td></tr><tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">Gogugwon-wang, Gugwon-wang, Gukgangsang-wang</td></tr><tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">McCune-Reischauer:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">Kogugwŏn-wang</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid;background:#ccf">Birth name</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid"> Hangul:</td><td width="135" style="border-top:1px solid">고사유 or 유 or 교</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">高斯由 or 劉 or 釗</td></tr><tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid">Go Sayu or Yu or Gyo</td></tr>

Monarchs of Korea
Goguryeo Dongmyeongseong 37-19 BCE Yurimyeong 19 BCE-18 CE Daemusin 18-44 Minjung 44-48 Mobon 48-53 Taejo 53-146 Chadae 146-165 Sindae 165-179 Gogukcheon 179-197 Sansang 197-227 Dongcheon 227-248 Jungcheon 248-270 Seocheon 270-292 Bongsang 292-300 Micheon 300-331 Gogugwon 331-371 Sosurim 371-384 Gogugyang 384-391 Gwanggaeto the Great 391-413 Jangsu 413-490 Munjamyeong 491-519 Anjang 519-531 Anwon 531-545 Yangwon 545-559 Pyeongwon 559-590 Yeongyang 590-618 Yeongnyu 618-642 Bojang 642-668

King Gogugwon of Goguryeo (?-371, r. 331-371) was the 16th king of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the son of King Micheon and Lady Ju. He was made crown prince in 314 and became king upon his father's death. He was called Emperor Soyeol (Soyeol-je, 소열제, 昭烈帝) in the Chinese history text Suishu, but this appears to be a mistaken transcription of the earlier Weishu.<ref>http://nbbs3.sbs.co.kr/index.jsp?cmd=read&code=tb_Somun_column2&top_index=&no=11</ref>

He ruled at a time when the kingdom was quite weak, and had an ill-fated reign. He sent tribute to the Xianbei state of Former Yan after they invaded the capital in 342 and held the queen and royal concubines captive, in order to secure the return the corpse of King Micheon.

The capital was temporarily moved to Pyongyang, present-day capital of North Korea. In response to the expansion of the southern Korean kingdom Baekje, Gogugwon led an unsuccessful attack in 369. Baekje's king Geunchogo invaded in 371 and Geunchogo's son Geungusu killed Gogugwon in battle at Pyongyang Castle. He was buried in Gogugwon.