Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kong Yingda | 孔潁達 |
공영달 (쿵잉다) |
Thought to be a printing error of Kong Yingda 孔穎達; see Kong Yingda 孔穎達 | |
| Kong Yong | 孔鏞 |
공용 (쿵융) |
A native of Changzhou (長洲). When he was administrative clerk (知事) of Gaozhou (高州), he successfully persuaded the minority people named Yaotong (猺獞) not to revolt. Later he served concurrently as Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Right (右副都御史) and Grand Coordinator of Guizhou (巡撫貴州) for over thirty years. | |
| Kong Youde | 孔有德 |
공유덕 (쿵요우더) |
(c.1604~1652). A native of Liaoyang, Liaodong. He was a subordinate general of Mao Wenlong 毛文龍 but revolted with Li Jiucheng 李九成 and Geng Zhongming 耿仲明 and others in 1632 (Wuqiao Revolt 吳橋兵變). Defeated by the Ming, they defected to the Manchu with Western-style cannons. Welcomed by Hong Taiji, he participated in the Second Manchu Invasion of Korea in 1636 as well as the invasion of China proper in the 1640s. He killed himself in Guilin when his forces were defeated by the Southern Ming army in 1652. | 공원수(Kong Yuanshuai 孔元帥), 유덕(Youde 有德), 정남왕(Tingnan Wang 定南王) |
| Kong Yu | 孔圉 |
공어 (쿵위) |
See Kong Wen Zi 孔文子. | 문자(Wen Zi 文子) |
| Kong Yuanfeng | 孔原奉 |
공원봉 (쿵위안펑) |
A native of Ikju (益州), Joseon. A palace attendant (內史) of the Ming during the Yongle era (1403-1424). | |
| Kong Zhong | 孔忠 |
공충 (쿵중) |
A disciple and nephew of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn period. | 자멸(Zi Mie 子蔑), 운성후(Yuncheng Hou 鄆城侯) |
| Kou Shen | 寇深 |
구심 (커우선) |
(1391-1461). A native of Tangxian 唐縣, the Metropolitan Area 直隸. He was appointed Censor-in-Chief (都御史) during the reign of the Jingtai Emperor 景泰帝, and was murdered during the revolt of Shi Heng 石亨 and Cao Jixiang 曹吉祥 during the Tianshun 天順 era of the Ming. | 심(Shen 深) |
| Kou Xun | 寇恂 |
구순 (커우쉰) |
(d. 36 BCE). One of the meritorious retainers at the founding of the Eastern Han dynasty. He served as governors 太守 of Yingchuan 潁川 and Runan 汝南. | 구(Kou 寇) |
| Kou Zhun | 寇準 |
구준 (커우준) |
Kou Zhun(寇準, 961-1023) was a Grand Councilor of the Song Dynasty. Although he enjoyed the full confidence of Emperor Taizong(太宗), he was demoted several times due to his stubbornness. When the Liao(遼) invaded the Song, he advised Emperor Zhenzong(眞宗) to personally command an expeditionary force. The emperor followed the advice with the result that Song succeeded in concluding a peace treaty with Liao in Chanzhou(澶州). | 구래공(寇萊公), 구준(寇準), 구준(寇準), 구추밀(寇樞密), 구평중(寇平仲), 래공(萊公), 준(準), 평중(平仲) |
| Kuai Che | 蒯徹 |
괴철 (콰이처) |
An advisor and strategist of Han Xin 韓信 during the early Western Han period. | 철(Che 徹), 괴통(Kuai Tong 蒯通) |