Crown Prince Maui
Crown Prince Maui , born Gim Il, was the last prince of the kingdom of Silla.
He was the son of King Gyeongsun, the last king of Silla. The name Maui means "hemp dress", and comes from the fact that he spent his whole life wearing clothes made of hemp linen. His father was killed in the civil war by a lone warrior. After hearing the news, the prince fled to the southern mountains in Jeolla. He was also the creator and the originator of the Nakan Kim clan, which branched out from the Gyeongju Kim Clan. After fleeing to Jeolla, he became a Buddhist monk. There are currently 130 Nakan Kim familiesin Seoul.Culture
Crown Prince Maui is a historical novel written by Yi Kwang-su. It was serialized in the Dong-a Ilbo from May 1926 to January 1927, and was published in January 1928 as a book in the Bakmunseogwan. The story tells the life of Maui as a young man on Mount Kumgang, after his father, Gyeongsun of Silla, tried to surrender to Taejo of Goryeo.
