Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liu Guangxian | 劉光顯 |
유광현 (류광시옌) |
A Ming castaway. In 1632 King Injo 仁祖 gave him a audience and granted him a gift and four glasses of wine. | 유광현(劉光顯) |
| Liu Gui | 柳貴 |
유귀 (류구이) |
A Ming castaway and an officer. In 1409, his ship lost direction and arrived at Okgu, Jeolla-do. The Joseon court sent him back to China. | 귀(貴), 유귀(柳貴) |
| Liu Guichao | 劉貴朝 |
유귀조 (리우구이차오) |
A general of Qing China who participated in suppressing the White Lotus Rebellion of Hubei in the Jianqing era. | |
| Liu Hai | 劉海 |
유해 (류하이) |
See Liu Xingzuo 劉興祚 | 유차관(劉差官), 유해(劉海), 해(海) |
| Liu Hanbi | 劉漢弼 |
유한필 (류한비) |
Liu Hanbi(劉漢弼) was an offcial of the Song Dynasty. Losing his father at the age of 2, he was raised and instructed by his mother. After earning the jinshi (進士) degree in 1216, he was appointed Instructor of Ji Prefecture(吉州敎授). He was said to be a man of good sense about right and wrong. He reached the position of Vice Minister of Revenue(户部侍郞). He was posthumously honored as Zhong(忠). | 유한필(劉漢弼), 정보(正甫) |
| Liu Hanyu | 劉漢愚 |
유한우 (류한위) |
A native of Jinzhou 金州. He came to Sindo 薪島, Pyeong'an Province in 1528. | 유한우(劉漢遇) |
| Liu Hao | 劉浩 |
유호 (류하오) |
A Native of Anfu 安福, Jiangsu 江蘇, jinshi of 1466. He served as a secretary 主事 in Nanjing 南京 and then moved to the Ministry of Works 工部 in Beijing. He once served as prefect 知州 of Xuzhou 敍州. During the Zhengde 正德 reign (1506-1521), he became vice provincial judge 按察副使 of Zhejiang 浙江 province. | 유호(劉浩) |
| Liu He | 劉賀 |
유하 (류허) |
(92-59 BCE). As King of Changyi 昌邑王, he was enthroned Emperor in 74 BCE, but was soon deposed and sent back to Changyi 昌邑 by Huo Guang 霍光. | 창읍(Changyi 昌邑), 창읍왕(Changyi Wang 昌邑王) |
| Liu Heita | 劉黑闥 |
유흑달 (리우헤이타) |
Liu Heita(劉黑闥, ?-624) was a warlord during the Sui and early Tang periods. He was a rival of Li Yuan(李淵). He successively served Hao Xiaode(郝孝德), Li Mi(李密), Wang Shichong(王世充) and then Dou Jiande(竇建德). After Dou Jiande was killed by Emperor Gaozu of Tang(唐高祖) in 621, he rose to avenge Dou Jiande, and briefly recaptured Dou's territory, north of the Yellow River(華北). However he was defeated, first by the Li Shimin(李世民) and then by Li Jiancheng(李建成), the Crown Prince. In 623, he was captured by his former subordinate Zhuge Dewei(諸葛德威) and executed. | 유흑달(劉黑闥) |
| Liu Hongbao | 劉弘寶 |
유홍보 (류훙바오) |
A censor 科道 during the Imjin War (aka Hideyoshi's Invasion). He dispatched a few battleships from Tianjin 天津 to Joseon in order to help Joseon. | 유홍보(劉弘寶) |