I am Queen Woo
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Book Introduction
Queen Woo, devalued by Confucian standards
Although her story is recorded in just one line in the Samguk Sagi, the author meticulously reconstructs the hidden human desires, fears, and incredible will to survive within that brief record.
Queen Woo was not a woman of power who manipulated the royal power, but a leader who carved out her own destiny even amidst the violence of the times.
Author Yoon Seon-mi has previously shed new light on female leadership in Korean history through “I am Soseonoda” and “I am Empress Dowager Cheonchu.”
This "I Am Queen Woo" can be considered an extension and a conclusion to that story. She says this.
“Queen Woo, Queen Soseono, and Queen Cheonchu have something in common.
“They were women who moved history with their own judgment, even in the shadow of absolute power.”
"I Am Queen Woo" doesn't simply rehabilitate women of the past. The author asks today's readers: How much do the determination and courage of those who ultimately defended themselves despite the unfavorable conditions imposed by the times resemble our lives today?
If Soseono, the Goguryeo woman, founded the nation, Queen Woo was the woman who protected it. Her story, straddling treason and conspiracy, survival and destiny, reshaped history. "I Am Queen Woo" is a biography of a historical figure that reinterrogates and restores the meaning of survival through the lens of a woman who disappeared from the records.
Although her story is recorded in just one line in the Samguk Sagi, the author meticulously reconstructs the hidden human desires, fears, and incredible will to survive within that brief record.
Queen Woo was not a woman of power who manipulated the royal power, but a leader who carved out her own destiny even amidst the violence of the times.
Author Yoon Seon-mi has previously shed new light on female leadership in Korean history through “I am Soseonoda” and “I am Empress Dowager Cheonchu.”
This "I Am Queen Woo" can be considered an extension and a conclusion to that story. She says this.
“Queen Woo, Queen Soseono, and Queen Cheonchu have something in common.
“They were women who moved history with their own judgment, even in the shadow of absolute power.”
"I Am Queen Woo" doesn't simply rehabilitate women of the past. The author asks today's readers: How much do the determination and courage of those who ultimately defended themselves despite the unfavorable conditions imposed by the times resemble our lives today?
If Soseono, the Goguryeo woman, founded the nation, Queen Woo was the woman who protected it. Her story, straddling treason and conspiracy, survival and destiny, reshaped history. "I Am Queen Woo" is a biography of a historical figure that reinterrogates and restores the meaning of survival through the lens of a woman who disappeared from the records.
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Table of Contents
Introduction ..10
Prologue_Why Queen Woo? ..16
Chapter 1
Goguryeo, the horse-riding nation.
And the question of that lineage...
28
Established by King Chumo, developed by later kings...
46
Laying the foundation of Goguryeo...
58
Chapter 2
Mrs. Woo becomes the queen of King Gogukcheon...
72
The rebellion of the maternal relatives...
81
National Prize Eulpaso...
90
Chapter 3
China, which was facing a period of historical turmoil in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...
110
Chapter 4
Is the criminal investigation system justified?
122
The death of the King of Goguryeo...
129
Mr. Woo's life-or-death gamble...
135
The rebellion of the erection...
146
Chapter 5
The woman who slaughtered the pig...
162
The concubine gives birth to a son...
172
The Empress Dowager's grumpy test...
180
Chapter 6
King Dongcheon defends Goguryeo...
188
I am Queen Woo...
202
Review ..213
Introduction ..10
Prologue_Why Queen Woo? ..16
Chapter 1
Goguryeo, the horse-riding nation.
And the question of that lineage...
28
Established by King Chumo, developed by later kings...
46
Laying the foundation of Goguryeo...
58
Chapter 2
Mrs. Woo becomes the queen of King Gogukcheon...
72
The rebellion of the maternal relatives...
81
National Prize Eulpaso...
90
Chapter 3
China, which was facing a period of historical turmoil in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...
110
Chapter 4
Is the criminal investigation system justified?
122
The death of the King of Goguryeo...
129
Mr. Woo's life-or-death gamble...
135
The rebellion of the erection...
146
Chapter 5
The woman who slaughtered the pig...
162
The concubine gives birth to a son...
172
The Empress Dowager's grumpy test...
180
Chapter 6
King Dongcheon defends Goguryeo...
188
I am Queen Woo...
202
Review ..213
Publisher's Review
■ Why Queen Woo?
Throwing a curveball at Goguryeo with two queenships
Queen Woo, a woman who became queen twice. She was the queen of King Gogukcheon, the 9th king of Goguryeo. When the king died suddenly, she hid the fact and made herself the next king, becoming queen of King Sansang, the younger brother of King Gogukcheon.
Her decision to choose survival over mourning in the middle of the night, even with her husband's body before her, was a momentous event that changed the fate of the Goguryeo Dynasty.
Author Yoon Seon-mi's new work, "I am Queen Woo," brings back to life this woman who was remembered as a "sinner" in history.
Joseon Dynasty scholar An Jeong-bok wrote in his book Dongsa Gangmok:
A person who was harshly criticized as “wicked and lewd.”
But the author asks:
“Was what she did truly immoral, or did the times make her a sinner?”
On that night, when the Yeonnabu clan was in danger of being annihilated along with the king's death, Queen Woo made a decision not simply for her own safety, but for the survival of her tribe.
She took advantage of the then-current custom of the criminal investigation system to return to the center of power, and turned the crisis into an opportunity to preserve the continuity of royal authority.
If it weren't for her choice, neither the King of the Mountains nor his son, King Dongcheon, might have existed.
■ The core of the book read in sentences
"Queen Woo was a woman who turned a moment of crisis into an opportunity. Her determination was a human will to survive against the times."
Throwing a curveball at Goguryeo with two queenships
Queen Woo, a woman who became queen twice. She was the queen of King Gogukcheon, the 9th king of Goguryeo. When the king died suddenly, she hid the fact and made herself the next king, becoming queen of King Sansang, the younger brother of King Gogukcheon.
Her decision to choose survival over mourning in the middle of the night, even with her husband's body before her, was a momentous event that changed the fate of the Goguryeo Dynasty.
Author Yoon Seon-mi's new work, "I am Queen Woo," brings back to life this woman who was remembered as a "sinner" in history.
Joseon Dynasty scholar An Jeong-bok wrote in his book Dongsa Gangmok:
A person who was harshly criticized as “wicked and lewd.”
But the author asks:
“Was what she did truly immoral, or did the times make her a sinner?”
On that night, when the Yeonnabu clan was in danger of being annihilated along with the king's death, Queen Woo made a decision not simply for her own safety, but for the survival of her tribe.
She took advantage of the then-current custom of the criminal investigation system to return to the center of power, and turned the crisis into an opportunity to preserve the continuity of royal authority.
If it weren't for her choice, neither the King of the Mountains nor his son, King Dongcheon, might have existed.
■ The core of the book read in sentences
"Queen Woo was a woman who turned a moment of crisis into an opportunity. Her determination was a human will to survive against the times."
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 13, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 232 pages | 286g | 120*188*13mm
- ISBN13: 9788957323595
- ISBN10: 8957323597
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