General and Wisa merit subject who helped end the Choe regime; Chamji Jeongsa
| Life | 1278 |
| Era | 고려 후기(무신정권기) |
| Clan | 영해 박씨 |
Park Song-bi (?-1278) was a late-Goryeo general and minister; Korean Wikipedia gives his seat as Yeonghae. He came from a clerical family of Deokwon and first served Choe U and Choe Hang. The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture reads Deokwon as the Yeongdeok area of North Gyeongsang, which fits the Yeonghae seat.
In 1258 (45th year of Gojong), as a general, he joined Grand Academy head Yu Gyeong and officers Kim Jun and Im Yeon in killing Choe Ui, the last ruler of the Choe military regime, and handing power back to the king. For this he became Daejanggun and then a Wisa merit subject. In 1259 his home district was raised to Deokwon Sodohobu and again to Yeju-mok, Yeju being the early-Goryeo name of the place that later became Yeonghae.
In 1262 his portrait was hung when the merit-subject hall was rebuilt and he became Dongji Chumiwon-sa; in 1263 he rose to Left Vice-Director with the rank of Sosa-gong and Crown Prince's Junior Tutor, was dismissed the next year, and died in 1278 as Chamji Jeongsa. A son, Park Seong-dae, is recorded. The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture remarks that he was generous and did not compete with others for credit.
Wikipedia says Park Song-bi killed Choe Ui together with Yu Gyeong, Kim Jun, Im Yeon and others, ended the Choe regime and returned power to the king, for which he became Daejanggun and a Wisa merit subject. The event is known as ending the four-generation Choe rule within the roughly sixty-year military regime.
The record that his home was raised to Deokwon Sodohobu and Yeju-mok links him to the standing of the Yeonghae area. Wikipedia's Yeonghae Park entry says the place was Yeju in early Goryeo and became Yeonghae-bu in 1310.
Wikipedia notes that he appears in the 2012 MBC drama Musin.
Not confirmed.