Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niu Sengru | 牛僧孺 |
우승유 (뉴성루) |
(779-848 CE). Chancellor and the factional leader during the Niu-Li 牛李 Factional Struggles in the Tang dynasty. | 우(Niu 牛) |
| Niu Xianke | 牛仙客 |
우선객 (니우셴커) |
Niu Xianke(牛仙客, 675-742) was an official and a general of the Tang Dynasty. He started his career as a low-ranking employee of a county(縣) but was later promoted to military governor(節度使) and then eventually to chancellor. As military governor, he cut expenses to fill his provincial warehouses and kept arms in good condition. After he became chancellor, he faithfully followed Li Linfu(李林甫) in order to preserve his position and made no significant contributions to the state. | 선객(仙客), 우선객(牛仙客) |
| Niu Yu | 牛玉 |
우옥 (뉴위) |
A palace eunuch (太監) during the Tianshun era (1457-1464) of the Ming. | |
| Niu Zhaorong/Consort (Zhaorong) Niu | 牛昭容 |
우소용 (니우자오롱) |
Consort (Zhaorong) Niu(牛昭容, ?-?) was a concubine of Emperor Shunzong(順宗). After Shunzong had a stroke and could not speak, she , along with the eunuch Li Zhongyan(李忠言), gained the imperial trust. She transferred the imperial messeges and decisions of the Emperor. In collusion with Wang Pi(王伾), Imperial Scholar(翰林學士) and others, she wielded power for a time. Nothing is known of her life after Shunzong abdicated in favor of the Crown Prince, Emperor Xianzong(憲宗). | 우소용(牛昭容) |
| Nuchu | 奴雛 |
노추 (누추) |
Refers to Nurhaci; see Qing Taizu 淸太祖 | 만) 누르하치(Nurhaci) |
| Nü Wa , also Nü Gua | 女媧 |
여와 (뉘와) |
A goddess in Chinese mythology who was said to have created mankind and to have repaired the pillar of Heaven which had been destroyed by Gong Gong 共工. There are many versions of the myth relating to Nü Wa. By Han times, Nü Wa was believed to be a wife or sister of Fu Xi 伏羲 and to have had a body of a serpent. | 여왜(Nü Wa 女媧), 여와씨(Nü Wa Shi 女媧氏), 와(wa 媧), 와황(Wa Huang 媧皇) |
| Nü Ying | 女英 |
여영 (뉘잉) |
The daughter of Yao 堯 and the younger sister of E Huang 娥皇. She and E Huang were married by their father to Shun 舜, the successor of Yao. According to one version of the myth, they later became the goddesses of the Xiang River湘水. | 영(Ying 英) |
| Ou Jigong | 歐繼功 |
구계공 (어우지궁) |
A Chinese person who provided the Joseon court with the intelligence on conditions in China during the reign of King Gwanghae (光海). | |
| Ou Xiji | 歐希稷 |
구희직 (어우시지) |
An imperial messenger (行人) during the Longqing era (1567-1572) of the Ming who was dispatched to Joseon as an envoy in 1568. | 구(歐), 구천사(歐天使), 구천사희직(歐天使希稷), 희직(希稷) |
| Ouyang Che | 歐陽澈 |
구양철 (어우양처) |
Ouyang Che(歐陽澈, 1091~1127), was a scholar of the Song who never entered officialdom during his life. In the reign of Emperor Gaozong(高宗), he submitted a memorial to the emperor that denounced Huang Qianshan(黃潛善) and Wang Boyan(汪伯彦). | 구(歐), 구양철(歐陽澈), 명덕(德明) |