Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Chengyin | 李承胤 |
이승윤 (리청인) |
A regional commander of Guangning(廣寧總兵) during the late Ming Dynasty who resisted Later Jin(後金) troops. | 이승윤(李承胤) |
| Li Chengyun | 李承勳 |
이승훈 (명2) (리청원) |
A Ming general. After the Imjin War (aka Hideyoshi's Invasion), he stayed at Masan 馬山 to protect peasants from Ming soldiers and bandits. He died of disease in Joseon in 1599 | 이승훈(李承勛), 이승훈(李承勳), 이제독승훈(李提督承勛), 승훈(承勛), 승훈(承勳) |
| Li Chengyun | 李承勳 |
이승훈 (명1) (리청원) |
(1473-1531). A native of Jiayu and jinshi of 1493. During the Zhengde 正德 reign, he patrolled Liaodong as a censor. He repaired walls and bastions and opened military farms on the Liaodong frontiers. Later he served as Minister 尙書 of the Ministry of War 兵部. | 이승훈(李承勛), 이승훈(李承勳), 이제독승훈(李提督承勛), 승훈(承勛), 승훈(承勳) |
| Li Chengyun | 李承勛 |
이승훈 (리청윈) |
A Ming general who came to Joseon at the time of the Imjin War (aka Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 이승훈(李承勛) |
| Li Chonglu | 李虫祿 |
이충록 (리충루) |
A Ming soldier who was positioned at a patrol station on the northern frontier around 1542. | 이충록(李虫綠) |
| Li Chu | 李俶 |
이숙 (리추) |
Refer to Emperor Daizong (代宗). | 대종(代宗) |
| Li Chuang | 李闖 |
이틈 (리촹) |
See Li Zicheng 李自成 | 틈(闖) |
| Li Chunfang | 李春方 |
이춘방 (리춘팡) |
A native of Xinghua 興化 and the zhuangyuan 壯元 of 1547. He was made senior compiler 修撰 and then academician 學士 of the Hanlin Academy 翰林院. Later he served as the Minister 尙書 of the Ministry of Rites 禮部 and then the Ministry of Personnel 吏部. He became ranking Grand Secretary 首輔 of the Grand Secretariat 內閣 during the early years of the Longqing 隆慶 period. Although he was not very capable, he was very careful in every affair while he was in office. | 이(李), 이상서(李尙書), 이춘방(李春方), 춘방(春芳) |
| Li Chunfeng | 李淳風 |
이순풍 (리춘펑) |
Li Chunfeng(李淳風,602-670) was an politician, historian, astronomer and mathematician during the early period of the Tang Dynasty. In the reign of Emperor Gaozong(高宗), he was appointed Deputy of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau(太史令) and designed the Linde calendar(麟德曆). He predicted that the Tang Dynasty would be overthrown by a woman who had the family name Wu(武). | 이순풍(李淳風), 순풍(淳風) |
| Li Chunfeng | 李諄風 |
이순풍 (리춘펑) |
Refer to Li Chunfeng(李諄風) | 이순풍(李諄風) |