Yun Jeung
Korean name
Hangul
윤증
Hanja
尹拯
Revised RomanizationYun Jeung
McCune–ReischauerYun Chŭng

Yun Jeung or Yun Chŭng (1629 – 30 January 1714) was a Confucian scholar in Korea during the late period of the Joseon dynasty. He was known as being a progressive thinker and for his opposition to the formalism and ritualism in the predominant philosophy of Chu Hsi. Yun Chung refused government office because he thought the Korean monarchy was corrupt, and spend his life teaching Sirhak ideas. He is known for the quote, "The king could exist without the people, but the people could not exist without the king."[1]

Yun held ideological debates with Song Si-yeol, known as the Hoeni Sibi (懷尼是非,"The Right and Wrong Between Song and Yun"), over the matters of ritualism and politics.[2]

Yun may also considered an early feminist, as he praised and honored female scholars of Confucianism, a position that was typically reserved for males.[3]

He came from the Papyeong Yun clan (파평 윤씨, 坡平 尹氏).

Life

Yun was born in 1629 in Jungseonbang (貞善坊, modern day jongno).[4] In 1642, he studied Neo confucianism with his father in a mountain.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Han Woo-keun (1971). "Chapter 22: Intellectual Developments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries". In Grafton K. Mintz (ed.). The History of Korea. Translated by Lee Kyung-shik. East-West Center Press, Honolulu. pp. 324–5.
  2. ^ Sun Joo Kim (2013). Voice from the North: Resurrecting Regional Identity Through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672–1736). Stanford University Press. p. 73.
  3. ^ Martina Deuchler (2003). "Female Virtues in Chosŏn Korea". In Dorothy Ko, JaHyun Kim Haboush (ed.). Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japan. University of California Press. pp. 150.
  4. ^ "조선 후기 윤증(尹拯)의 삶 재조명-2". Busan writers association.
  5. ^ "윤증". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
  6. ^ His younger brother, Yun Seung-rye (윤승례, 尹承禮), became the grandfather to Queen Jeonghui, the great-great-grandfather to Queen Janggyeong, and the great-great-great-grandfather to Queen Munjeong
  7. ^ His father’s second wife, Princess Geunsun of the Cheongju Han clan (근순택주 청주 한씨) was the only daughter of Han Sang-jil (한상질; 1350 - 10 January 1400/1410) with his first wife, Princess Consort Changhwa of Gyeongju Yi clan (창화군부인 경주 이씨). She was also the half-aunt of Han Myeong-hoe as she was the older half-sister of his father. As well as the niece of Han Sang-gyeong (한상경, 韓尙敬; 1360 - 1423) who’s great-granddaughter married Yun Seon-ji.
  8. ^ His younger half-brother, Yun Sam-sun (윤삼산, 尹三山), became the grandfather of Queen Jeonghyeon
  9. ^ Through his older brother, Yun Eun (윤은, 尹垠), his nephew, Yun Sa-ro (윤사로, 尹師路; 1423 - 1463), married Princess Jeonghyeon (1425 - 16 December 1480) who was the only daughter of King Sejong with Consort Sangchim of the Song clan. Their eldest son married the second daughter of Han Myeong-hoe and a granddaughter (through their second son) married Park Won-jeong.
  10. ^ Was the spouse of Princess Jeonghye (정혜옹주; ? - 5 November 1424), the only daughter of King Taejong with Royal Noble Consort Ui of the Andong Kwon clan
  11. ^ She is the great-granddaughter of Han Sang-gyeong (한상경, 韓尙敬; 1360 - 1423) who was the granduncle of Han Myeong-hoe
  12. ^ Her great-grandfather’s niece became the second wife of Yun Gon and the 9th great (step) grandmother of Yun Jeung
  13. ^ His uncle, Han Gye-mi (한계미, 韓繼美; 1421 - 1471), married the older sister of Queen Jeonghui
  14. ^ His mother was the niece of Queen Jeonghyeon (through one of her brothers)
  15. ^ Through her mother, she was a descendant of Yi Saek

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