Yŏl Manhwa

Yŏl Manhwa or Lie Wanhua was the first king of Chŏngan, a successor state to the kingdom of Balhae, centered near the Yalu River.

Biography

Yŏl Manhwa served a general of Later Balhae, after the fall of Balhae to the Liao dynasty. In 938, Yŏl overthrew the ruling Dae clan and proclaimed himself as the king of the state of Chŏngan, with the aid of Oh Je-hyeon and the Oh clan. In 970, King Yŏl Manhwa sent tribute to the Song dynasty during the reign of Emperor Taizu. However, in 976, Yŏl Manhwa himself was overthrown by the O clan, by O Chehyŏn's descendant, .