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| Revised Romanization | Hong Bok-won |
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| Hangul | 홍복원 |
| Hanja | 洪福源 |
Hong Bok-won (洪福源; in Pinyin: hong2 fu4 yuan2; 1206- 1258) was a Goryeo commander but later served as an administrator of the Mongol Empire.
He was born to Hong Daesun (洪大純), an officer in northwestern Korea. When the Mongols intruded into Goryeo to attack Khitan rebel groups in 1218, Daesun went over to the Mongols. During the first Mongol invasion in 1231, Hong Bok-won greeted the Mongol army and turned against Goryeo. His guidance for the Mongols inflamed Korean animosity against him. He remained in Seogyeong (now P'yongyang) as a Mongol delegate. He was banished and his father was captured by Goryeo in 1234. Ögedei Khan allowed him to settle around Liaoyang and Shenyang and installed Bok-won as an administrator. That was the beginning of Korea] colonies in Liaodong, whose head was later called King of Shen (瀋王). Even though Goryeo released his father, he joined Mongol incursions into Goryeo.
Goryeo sent Wang Jun, a member of the Goryeo royal family, as a hostage to the Mongol Empire. Jun and Bok-won came to conflict with each other. In 1258 he was executed because of defamation by Wang Jun during the reign of Möngke KhanMongke Khan ( 1208- 1259, also transliterated as Mongke, Mongka, Mongka, Mangu) was the fourth khan of the Mongol Empire. He was the son of Tolui, brother of Hulegu, and a grandson of Genghis Khan. He was the khan of the Mongol Empire from 1251 to 1259.. That brought serious antagonism between Goryeo and his second son Hong DaguHong Dagu (; in Pinyin: hong2 cha2 qiu1; Mongolian name: Charghu ; 1244- 1291) was a Korean commander of the Yuan Dynasty. His given name was Jun-gi (; , zun4 qi2), but his childhood zi Dagu is far more famous. See also List of Korea-related topics Korean.