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Yi Jachun

Type Figure Region Goryeo Time 1260–1342 Also known as Yi Jachun、이자춘、李子春、Jeonju Yi clan founder

Yi Jachun (1260–1342), a late Goryeo general from Liaoyang who later settled in Jeonju, Jeolla Province;…

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  1. 1321–1330Jeonju · JeonjuIn the 1320s, based in Jeonju, he commanded local military households, responsible for coastal and inland defense of Jeolla Province, cooperating with the Yuan court and the Goryeo central government against wokou raids and the Red Turbans, while consolidating the Yi family's local base in Jeonju.
  2. 1328Dadu · Yuan DaduIn 1328 he was ordered to travel to Dadu to report on local military conditions and tribute, maintaining the Yi family's military standing within both the Yuan and Goryeo systems and laying the military-household foundation for his descendant Yi Seong-gye's rise.

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