Hong Pok-wŏn

In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.
Hong Pok-wŏn
Korean name
Hangul홍복원
Hanja洪福源
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHong Bokwon
McCune–ReischauerHong Pogwŏn
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese洪福源
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóng Fúyuán

Hong Pok-wŏn (Korean: 홍복원; Hanja: 洪福源; 1206–1258) was a Goryeo commander who later served as an administrator of the Mongol Empire. Descended from a northwestern warlord family, Hong Pok-wŏn defected to the Mongols in 1231 and eventually settled around Liaoyang and Shenyang, where he was installed him as an administrator of Goryeo defectors.

Hong Pok-wŏn had seven sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Hong Ta-gu, served in the military of the Yuan dynasty.

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