Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Bao | 王褒 |
왕포 (왕바오) |
A renowned rhapsody 賦 writer during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han 漢宣帝. A native of Shu 蜀 commandery. | 포(Bao 褒) |
| Wang Bao | 王豹 |
왕표 (왕바오) |
A famous singer during the Spring and Autumn period. According to one account, after he moved to the Qi 淇 region, the people of Hexi 河西 became good singers. | |
| Wang Ben | 王本 |
왕본 (왕번) |
A Ming palace eunuch (太監) who was dispatched to Joseon as an envoy in the thirteenth year (1558) of the reign of King Myeongjong (明宗) of Joseon. | |
| Wang Bi | 王弼 |
왕필 (왕비) |
(226-249). A classical scholar and Chinese neo-daoist philosopher of the Cao Wei 曹魏 during the Three Kingdoms period. He was a commentator of Book of Changes 易經 and Daodejing 道德經. | 언사백(Yanshibo 偃師伯), 보사(Fusi 輔嗣) |
| Wang Bidi | 王必迪 |
왕필적 (왕비디) |
One of the mobile corps commanders (遊擊) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 왕유격(王遊擊), 필적(必迪) |
| Wang Boyan | 汪伯彦 |
왕백언 (왕보옌) |
Wang Boyan(汪伯彦, 1069~1141) was an official of the Song Dynasty. He hailed from Hui Prefecture(徽州) and earned the jinshi(進士) degree in 1103. He encouraged Emperor Gaozong(高宗) to surrender to the Jin(金) when they invaded. He was posthumously honored as Zhongding(忠定). | 왕(汪), 왕백언(汪伯彦), 정준(廷俊), 신안거사(新安居士) |
| Wang Chang | 王昌 |
왕창 (왕창) |
A Ming commoner who fled from the Jianzhou Jurchens to Joseon in 1544. | |
| Wang Chang | 王敞 |
왕창 (왕창) |
(b. 1452) A jinshi of 1481. When he was a Ssupervising Secretary of the Right (右給事中) of the Office of Scrutiny for Works (工科) in 1488, he was dispatched as deputy envoy (副使) to Korea. He later became Minister of the Ministry of War during the Zhengde era (1506~1521). | 창(敞) |
| Wang Chaowu | 王朝武 |
왕조무 (왕차오우) |
One of the couriers in the Ming army dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | |
| Wang Cheng | 王成 |
왕성 (왕청) |
[Chancellor 相 of Jiaodong 膠東 during the Western Han period. Traditionally, he had been classed with law abiding officials 循吏.] |