Delai
Delai, a minister of Goguryeo, starved himself to death after repeated remonstrations to King Gong went unheeded, and was revered throughout the kingdom.
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History · vol. 28Records of the Three Kingdoms
…句驪沛者名得來，數諫宮，〈臣松之按東夷傳：沛者，句驪國之官名。…
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正始中，儉以高句驪數侵叛，督諸軍步騎萬人出玄菟，從諸道討之。句驪王宮將步騎二萬人，進軍沸流水上，大戰梁口，〈梁音渴。〉宮連破走。儉遂束馬縣車，以登丸都，屠句驪所都，斬獲首虜以千數。句驪沛者名得來，數諫宮，〈臣松之按東夷傳：沛者，句驪國之官名。〉宮不從其言。得來歎曰：「立見此地將生蓬蒿。」遂不食而死，舉國賢之。儉令諸軍不壞其墓，不伐其樹，得其妻子，皆放遣之。宮單將妻子逃竄。儉引軍還。六年，复征之，宮遂奔買溝。儉遣玄菟太守王頎追之，〈《世語》曰：頎字孔碩，東萊人，晉永嘉中大賊王彌，頎之孫。〉過沃沮千有餘里，至肅慎氏南界，刻石紀功，刊丸都之山，銘不耐之城。諸所誅納八千餘口，論功受賞，侯者百餘人。穿山溉灌，民賴其利。
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Delai was a Paeja of Guryŏ and served Guryŏ. He appears in a relevant account in Records of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 28; he is not mentioned in the Romance.
Deeds
Delai repeatedly remonstrated with King Gung of Guryŏ, but Gung would not listen. Delai lamented that mugwort would grow in this land, then starved himself to death. The people of Guryŏ regarded him as virtuous.
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- Remonstrated with King Gung of Guryŏ
- His wife was captured by Guanqiu Jian’s army, then released and sent home
Lines
- 史 ch.28 §13
「立見此地將生蓬蒿。」
- Lord & vassal
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History · vol. 28
- Gao Weigong§13
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a minister of the court of the King of Goguryeo (a peizer); repeatedly remonstrated, but was not heeded