Cho Wi

Cho Wi was a Goryeo civil official.

Biography

Cho Wi was the fifth and youngest son of his father, Cho In'gyu, of the Pyongyang Cho clan, and his wife, Lady Cho, the daughter of Cho Onryŏ. Cho Wi was from Sangwŏn, which then was a part of P'yŏngyang-bu. Cho's courtesy name was Kyebo, and his posthumous name was Changgyŏng. Cho married Lady Na, the daughter of Na Yu, and had a son with her named, Hŭngmun, better known as Cho Ilsin.
Via protected appointment due to the rank of his father, Cho Wi was given his first government office of a at the Ch'anghŭigung at the age of nine by Korean age reckoning. On October 4, 1310, Cho was promoted to left assistant transmitter by King Chungseon.
During succession dispute over the Goryeo throne between King Chungsuk and King of Shenyang Wang Ko, Cho was a suspected Wang Ko supporter, but was eventually cleared of being a supporter, unlike his older brothers Cho Yŏn and Cho Yŏnsu who actively supported Wang Ko. Cho Wi was thus able to keep his offices in the Goryeo bureaucracy. He would be later promoted to assistant chancellor. However, with the return of King Chunghye, Cho Wi was demoted for his criticism of government affairs. In 1347, he was enfeoffed as the Great Lord of P'yŏngyang during the reign of King Chungmok.
A year after his enfeoffment, Cho died on December 1, 1348.