Yeol Man-hwa

Yeol Man-hwa (Korean: 열만화; Hanja: 烈萬華) (?-976, r. 938-976) was the first king of Jeongan, a successor state to the kingdom of Balhae, centered near the Yalu River.

Biography

Yeol Man-hwa served a general of Later Balhae, after the fall of Balhae to the Khitan Liao dynasty. In 938, Yeol overthrew the ruling Dae clan and proclaimed himself as the king of the state of Jeongan, with the aid of Oh Je-hyeon (오제현;烏濟顯) and the Oh clan. In 970, King Yeol Man-hwa sent tribute to the Song dynasty during the reign of Emperor Taizu. However, in 976, Yeol Man-hwa himself was overthrown by the Oh clan, by Oh Je-hyeon's descendant, Oh Hyeon-myeong.