Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSong Jungil
McCune–ReischauerSong Chunkil
Art name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongchun, Dongchundang
McCune–ReischauerTongch'un, Tongch'untang
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunjeong
McCune–ReischauerMunchŏng

Song Jun-gil (Korean: 송준길; 28 December 1606 – 2 December 1672), also known by his art name Dongchundang, was a Korean politician and Neo-Confucian scholar, who lived during the Joseon Dynasty.

Born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province, he was the best friend and a distant relative of Song Si-yeol. His daughter, Lady Song, was the mother of Queen Inhyeon, who would become the second wife of King Sukjong.

Relations with the Royal Family

Song Jun-gil's descendants through his second daughter had made him the maternal grandfather of Min Jin-hu, Min Jin-won, and Queen Inhyeon. He eventually became the 5th great-grandfather of Empress Myeongseong and the 6th great-grandfather of Empress Sunmyeong.

When Empress Myeongseong became Queen, she also close connections to the families of her 5th maternal great-grandmother (Eunjin Song clan), and 4th maternal great-grandmother (Jinju Jeong clan).

Family

  • Great-grandfather
    • Song Se-yeong (송세영, 宋世英) (1504 - ?)
  • Grandfather
    • Song Eung-seo (송응서, 宋應瑞) (1530 – 1608)
  • Grandmother
    • Lady Yi of the Gwangju Yi clan (광주 이씨) (1536 - ?); daughter of Yi Yun-gyeong (이윤경, 李潤慶) and adoptive great-great-granddaughter of Yi Eon-jeok
  • Father
    • Song Yi-chang (송이창, 宋爾昌) (1561 – May 1627)
  • Mother
  • Wives and their issue
    • Lady Kim (김씨, 金氏) — no issue.
    • Lady Jeong of the Jinju Jeong clan (진주 정씨, 晋州 鄭氏) (1604 – 1655)[2]; daughter of Jeong Gyeong-se (정경세, 鄭經世; 1563 – 1633)
      • Son: Song Gwang-sik (송광식, 宋光栻) (1620 – 1664)
        • Daughter-in-law: Lady Jo (조씨) (1620 - ?)
          • Granddaughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (은진 송씨, 恩津 宋氏)
            • Grandson-in-law: Won Mong-ik of the Wonju Won clan (원몽익 원주 원씨, 元夢翼 原州 元氏)[3]
              • Great-grandson: Won Myeong-gu (원명구, 元命龜)[4]
          • Grandson: Song Byeong-mun (송병문) (1640 - 1682)
          • Grandson: Song Byeong-ha (송병하) (1644 - ?)
          • Grandson: Song Byeong-won (송병원) (1647 - ?)
          • Grandson: Song Byeong-ik (송병익, 宋炳翼) (1650 - ?)
      • Son: Song Seok-dae (송석대, 宋碩大) (1625 - ?)
      • Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (은진 송씨, 恩津 宋氏) (1628 - 1662)
        • Son-in-law: Na Myeong-jwa of the Anjeong Na clan (나명좌 안정 나씨) (1628 - ?)[5]
      • Daughter: Internal Princess Consort Eunseong of the Eunjin Song clan (은성부부인 은진 송씨, 恩城府夫人 恩津 宋氏) (1637 – 1672); Min Yu-jung’s second wife
        • Son-in-law: Min Yu-jung (민유중, 閔維重) (1630 – 29 June 1687)
          • Granddaughter: Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (1656 – 1728) (여흥 민씨, 驪興 閔氏)
          • Grandson: Min Jin-hu (1659 – 1720) (민진후, 閔鎭厚)
          • Grandson: Min Jin-won (1664 – 1736) (민진원, 閔鎭遠)
          • Granddaughter: Queen Inhyeon of the Yeoheung Min clan (인현왕후 민씨, 仁顯王后 閔氏) (15 May 1667 – 16 September 1701)
          • Granddaughter: Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨, 驪興 閔氏)
          • Granddaughter: Min Jeong-seong, Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (민정성 여흥 민씨) (1672 – 1672)
          • Granddaughter: Min Jeong-je, Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (민정제 여흥 민씨) (1672 – ?)
      • Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (은진 송씨, 恩津 宋氏) (1639 - ?)
      • Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (은진 송씨, 恩津 宋氏) (1641 - ?)
  • Concubines and their issue
    • Yi Rang, Lady Yi (이랑 이씨, 李娘 李氏) (1610 - 1631); daughter of Yi Dong-hyeong (이동형; 1580 - ?) — no issue.
    • Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨, 驪興 閔氏) (1644 – 1712); daughter of Min Gyu (민규)
      • Son: Song Gwang-rim (송광림) (1666 - ?)
      • Son: Song Gwang-jeong (송광정, 宋光挺) (1668 - 1734)
      • Son: Song Gwang-yeong (송광영) (1670 - ?)
      • Son: Song Byeong-ik (송병익) (1677 - ?)

Works

  • Eorokhae (어록해, 語錄解)
  • Dongchundangjip (동춘당집)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lady Kim’s sister became the grandmother of Crown Princess Minhoe.
  2. ↑ Married in 1623.
  3. ↑ Became the brother-in-law of Princess Sukgyeong (숙경공주, 淑敬公主), the younger sister of King Heonjeong (현종대왕).
  4. ↑ Became the adoptive son of Princess Sukgyeong.
  5. ↑ His sister married Kim Su-hang (the 4th great-grandfather of Queen Sunwon and the 5th great-grandfather of Queen Cheorin). Another sister of his married King Sejong’s 8th generation descendant, Yi Sa-myeong (이사명, 李師命) (1647 - 1689)

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