Wang Chaji
Wang Chaji (; 1066 – 30 March 1122) was a Korean  politician, general, and ambassador during the Goryeo dynasty period. He was the deputy of military commander Yun Kwan and trained seventeen-thousand Jurchen soldiers from 1100 to 1108. Life 
Wang Chaji was from Haeju. His ancestors were originally surnamed Pak, but his great-grandfather Pak Yu (박유) changed his surname from Pak to Wang. Later he helped his brother-in-law Wang Kukmo (왕국모, 王國髦) in a military coup and the killing of Yi Chaui (이자의 李資義). He was appointed to Jeonjunggam. During the reign of King Sukjong he was appointed as a palace attendant ().). In 1108 he was appointed to Byeongmaban-gwan (병마판관, 兵馬判官) and entourage to General Yun Kwan. He successively filled various government posts, including Jeonjungsogam (전중소감 殿中少監), Yebinsigyeong (예빈시경 禮賓侍卿), Administrator of Memorials of the Security Council (). In 1115, he was appointed as Minister of Personnel () and envoy to China's Song Dynasty. Thereafter in 1117 he was Jwasangisangsi (좌산기상시 左散騎常侍) and Chumilwondongjisa (추밀원동지사 樞密院同知事). In 1122, he was the Minister of Personnel, Assistant Executive in Political Affairs () and Hobupansa (호부판사 戶部判事). He died that year at age 56. See also 
 Yun Kwan

Notes

References 
 Namgounchul, 《고려명신전》(김동주 역, 성남 문화원, 2004)

External links 
 Wang Jha-ji:Naver 
 Wang Jha-ji:Nate 
 Wang Jha-ji:britannica 
 왕자지:한국역대인물종합정보  

1066 births
1122 deaths
Korean generals
Ambassadors of Korea
Military history of Korea
12th-century Korean people
11th-century Korean people
People from Haeju