Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Baxing | 李八行 |
이팔행 (리바싱) |
A Chinese interpreter of the foreign merchant ship which drifted off the coast of Hwanghae (黃海道) during the reign of King Gojong(高宗). | 이팔행(李八行) |
| Li Biaoyi | 李豹義 |
이표의 (리뱌오이) |
A military officer in Gado 椵島. He came to Uiju 義州 in 1630 to ask for provisions. When the local government rejected his demend, he rioted with the result that Korean officials provided him with food and forage. | 표의(豹義) |
| Li Bin | 李賓 |
이빈 (리빈) |
The leader of one hundred houses of Dongning 東寧衛. He came to Joseon as envoy in 1408. | 이빈(李賓) |
| Li Bo | 李渤 |
이발 (리보) |
Refer to Li Bo(李渤) | 이발(李渤) |
| Li Bo | 李渤 |
이발 (리보) |
Li Bo(李渤, ?-831) was an official and poet of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in Luoyang(洛陽). As he had studied in the Cave of White Roe Deer (Bailudong, 白鹿洞), people later established a lecture hall named Bailudong(白鹿洞) there. | 발(渤), 담지(澹之) |
| Li Bochuan | 李伯川 |
이백천 (리보촨) |
A subordinate of Li Zhen 李眞, a rebel leader, who led a rebellion at the Shanhai Pass 山海關 in 1525. | 이백천(李伯川) |
| Li Boji | 李白吉 |
이백길 (리보지) |
A runaway Ming soldier who came to Joseon. The Joseon court sent him back to Ming in 1407. | 이백길(李白吉) |
| Li Chang | 李常 |
이상 (송) (리창) |
A native of Jianchang 建昌 of the Song dynasty. His pen name was Gongze 公擇. During the Zhezong's 哲宗 reign, he, then vice president of the Censorate 御史中丞, disagreed with Wang Anshi's 王安石 New Policies 新法. He studied at the Baishi Temple 白石僧舍 in Lushan 廬山 when he was young. After he passed the civil examinations, he deposited about ten thousand books in the temple which he renamed Lee's Study 李氏山房. He shared the books with his friends. | 이상(李常) |
| Li Chang | 李公擇 |
이공택 (리창) |
Li Chang(李常, 1027~1090) was a poet and bibliophile of the Northern Song Dynasty. He came from Jianchang Military Prefecture(建昌軍) and earned the jinshi degree(進士) during the reign of Emperor Renzong(仁宗). As the maternal uncle of Huang Tingjian(黃庭堅), who lost his father at an early age, he raised and taught Huang Tingjian. He collected almost ten thousand books during his official career and stored them in the Lishi Shanfang(李氏山房). | 이공택(李公擇) |
| Li Chang | 李常 |
이상 (명) (리창) |
An official of the Ming dynasty. When he worked as chamberlain for ceremonials 大常卿, he was sent to Vietnam to install the heir of the Vietanmese King, but he installed the wrong person. | 이상(李常) |