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{{short description|Concubine of 1st century king Yuri of Goguryeo}}
{{Infobox Korean name|
hangul= 치희|
hanja= 雉姬|
rr= Chihui|
mr= Ch'ihŭi|
}}
'''Chihui''' ({{Korean|치희|雉姬}}) was a concubine of [[Yuri of Goguryeo]]. She was the daughter of a man from the [[Western Han]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Classical Poetic Songs of Korea|last=Kim|first=Dae-haeng|translator=Lee Kyong-hee|publisher=Ewha Womans University|date=2009|page=18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=|date=|title=Academy of Korean Studies 치희 雉姬|publisher=[[Academy of Korean Studies]]|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=530090&cid=46620&categoryId=46620&mobile}}</ref>
==Biography==
The ''[[Samguk sagi]]'' records that after the death of his first wife, Queen Song ({{Korean|왕후 송씨|王后 松氏}}), King Yuri took Chihui and another woman called Hwahui as concubines. The two women contended for the King's favour, and the level of discord was such that the King built two separate palaces and installed each woman in her own residence.<ref name=bongi>{{cite book|title=Samguk sagi 三國史記|trans-title=History of the Three Kingdoms|language=zh-classical |date=1145|editor=Kim Busik|editor-link=Gim Busik|volume=Goguryeo bonki jeil 高句麗本紀第一|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=215182|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>
Once, when the king had been gone for seven days, Chihui and Hwahui were arguing. Hwahui reportedly scolded Chihui, saying 'you are a concubine from a [[Han dynasty|Han]] family, how is it that you have no manners?'<ref>禾姬罵雉姬曰：「汝漢家婢妾，何無禮之甚乎？」</ref> Incensed, Chihui returned to her home. On hearing this, King Yuri pursued Chihui on horseback, but she refused to return with him. He rested under a tree, from where he watched many yellow birds flying.<ref name=bongi/> Moved, he composed the ''[[Song of the Yellow Bird]]''.
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