Late Goryeo scholar-general who helped repel the Red Turbans; one of the Sixteen Merit Subjects of Goryeo
| Life | 1312 ~ 1362 |
| Era | 고려 |
| Clan | 상산 김씨 |
Kim Deuk-bae (1312-1362) was a late Goryeo scholar-official and general from Sangju, with the pen name Nangye. His father Kim Rok served as Panjeonui. He passed the civil examination and became a Yemun Geomnyeol.
He became Right Deputy Royal Secretary in 1351 but was dismissed in 1352 on a false charge brought by Jo Il-sin and others. From 1357 he held frontier commands in the north-west and rose to Dongji Chumillwonsa by 1359.
In 1360 he helped defeat the Red Turban invaders with Gyeong Cheon-heung and An U, and was named a Merit Subject and Jeongdang Munhak. When the invaders returned in 1361 he was defeated at Jeollyeongchaek, but in early 1362 he took part in retaking the capital.
Kim Yong, who envied Jeong Se-un, forged a royal order that led An U and Yi Bang-sil to kill Jeong, and then moved to eliminate them all. Kim Deuk-bae had argued against the killing but was captured at Sangju and beheaded on 1 March 1362 at the age of 51.
Wikipedia's list of the Sixteen Merit Subjects of Goryeo includes Jeongdang Munhak Kim Deuk-bae as the 13th, with Jeong Mong-ju as the 16th.
Jeong Mong-ju, then a Jikhallim, had passed the exam Kim supervised. He asked the king to let him bury Kim and wrote a memorial text lamenting the death. See also the page on Jeong Mong-ju.
His grave was not confirmed. His examination pupil Jeong Mong-ju is said to have asked to bury him and written a memorial text.
Per Wikipedia his son-in-law was the Jikgang Jo Un-heul and his wife a daughter of Kim Se-gu of Seoheung; no son is recorded. His younger brother Kim Deuk-je was exiled and is said to have been made Lord Sangsan.