Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Kui | 李悝 |
이회 (리쿠이) |
An administrator and Legalist thinker in the Warring States period. He was a minister and court advisor to Lord Wen of Wei 魏文侯, and is said to have written the Book of Law 法經 in 407 BCE. | |
| Li Liancheng | 李連城 |
이련성 (리롄청) |
Li Liancheng(李連城) was was a Han Chinese during the reign of Emperor Shunzhi (順治帝) of the Qing Dynasty. He provided the Joseon envoy with important information about Wu Sangui(吳三桂). | 이련성(李連城) |
| Li Liang | 李良 |
이량 (리량) |
A palace eunuch (太監) of the Ming during the Chenghua era (1465-1487); a regional commander (總兵官) of Guangning (廣寧) | 이량(李良) |
| Li Liangmei | 李良梅 |
이량매 (리량메이) |
A Ming military official. He was defeated and killed by Jurchens in 1626. | 이량매(李良梅) |
| Li Lin | 李林 |
이임 (리린) |
A Chinese man who lived on the border between China and Korea during the Tianshun 天順 period. In 1463 he reported to Joseon officials that his ginsing had been taken by Jurchens. | 이임(李林) |
| Li Linfu | 李林甫 |
이임보 (리린푸) |
Li Linfu(李林甫, 683-752), a member of Royal family, was an official of the Tang Dynasty(唐朝). He led the party of aristocrats(貴族派), and defeated the party of officials hired by civil examinations(科擧), such as Zhang Jiuling(張九齢). Removing his opponents continually, as a chancellor he seized the government for 18 years in the reign of the Emperor Xuanzong(玄宗). To prevent his rivals from growing by their military victories on the frontiers, he suggested that the Jiedushi(節度使) of the border should be selected from among foreigners and minority peoples. Indeed, this caused the An Shi Rebellion(安史之亂). His flattery of the emperor and his ability to remove opponents made him the worst example of vicious chancellors. | 이(李), 이림(李林), 이임보(李林甫), 이림보(李林甫), 이림포(李林浦), 림보(林甫), 월당(月堂) |
| Li Ling | 李陵 |
이능 (리링) |
A Ming commoner who contacted and provided information to Joseon officials in the reign of King Seongjong(成宗). | 이능(李陵) |
| Li Magu | 李馬骨 |
이마골 (리마구) |
A subordinate of Mao Wenlong 毛文龍. He killed innocent Korean subjects. | 이마골(李馬骨) |
| Li Maozhen | 李茂貞 |
이무정 (리마오전) |
Li Maozhen(李茂貞, 856-924) was a military governor(節度使) during the late Tang period. He became King Qi(岐) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. In 907, after Zhu Quanzhong(朱全忠) overthew the Tang Dynasty, he proclaimed himself King Qi(岐). In 924, he surrendered to Li Cunyu(李存勖), an emperor of Later Tang(後唐). Li Cunyu entitled him Prince Qin(秦王). | 이무정(李茂貞), 송문통(宋文通) |
| Li Maozhen | 李茂貞 |
이무정 (리마오전) |
Refer to Li Maozhen(李茂貞) | 무정(茂貞) |