Goguryeo'nun 15. Kralidir.
Mincheon 13. Kral Seochan'in torunudur. Babasi Go Dol-Go 14. Kral Bongsang tarafindan öldürülmüstür.
Kral Mincheon Bonsang tarafindan araniyordu. Kral Bongsang onuda öldürmek istiyordu. O da bu yüzden Kral Bongsang'in bakanlar tarafindan tahttan indirilene kadar bir tüccarin yaninda hizmetçi olarak çalisti.
Kral Mincheon'un kral olmadan önceki hayati Samguk Sagi'de saklanmaktadir.
Chang Jo Ri tarafindan Bonsang tahttan indirildi ve yerine Kral Mincheon hükümdar oldu.
Micheon Goguryeo ordusunu gelistirdi. Çin imparatorlugunun parçalanmasi sirasinda goguryeo sinirlarini genisletti.
Ülkede Murongbu baskinlarina karsi Xianbei kabilesiyle isbirligi yapti ama basarili olamadi.
Hükümdarligi süresince Goguryeo ve Murongbu Liadong'da sürekli birbirlerine saldirmislar fakat hiçbiri zafer kazanamamistir.
331'de Kral Mincheon ölmüstür. Mincheon-won'a gömülmüstür.
Çeviri:hyun_bin
English:
King Micheon of Goguryeo (? - 331, r. 300-331) was the 15th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
He was the grandson of the 13th king Seocheon, and the son of the gochuga Go Dol-go, who was killed by his brother, the 14th king Bongsang.
Micheon lived in hiding as an indentured servant and a salt merchant, but was made king after Bongsang was overthrown by court officials. The tales of Micheon's life in hiding before becoming king are recorded in the Samguk Sagi. He is said to have been a servant of a local lord, and was made to throw stones into a pond throughout the night, to keep the frogs quiet. He escaped and met a salt merchant, and faced much hardship while travelling selling salt.
Meanwhile, King Bongsang became increasingly unpopular, and court officials, led by Prime Minister Chang Jo-Ri, carried out a coup that overthrew King Bongsang, and placed King Micheon on the throne.
Micheon continuously developed the Goguryeo army into a very powerful force. During the disintegration of China's Jin Dynasty, he expanded Goguryeo's borders into the Liaodong Peninsula and Chinese commanderies. His first military campaign was in 302, against the Xuantu Commandery. He annexed the Lelang commandery in 313 and Daifang commandery in 314 after attacked Seoanpyeong in Liaodong.
In his reign, Goguryeo was faced with growing Xianbei influence in the west, particularly Murong Bu incursions into Liaodong. Micheon allied with other Xianbei tribes against the Murongbu, but their attack was unsuccessful. In 319, the Goguryeo general Yeo Noja was taken captive by the Murongbu. Throughout this period, Goguryeo and the Murongbu attacked each other's positions in Liaodong, but neither was able
