Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Zhaosu | 王昭素 |
왕소소 (왕자오쑤) |
Wang Zhaosu(王昭素, 894~982),born in Kaifeng Superior Prefecture(開封府), was a scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty. Well learned in the Odes(詩經) and the Book of Changes(周易), he lectured to Emperor Taizu(太祖) in 970 and reached the position of Erudite of the State Academy Directorate(國子博士). | 소소(昭素), 왕소소(王昭素) |
| Wang Zhen | 王眞 |
왕진 (명2) (왕전) |
A scout in the Ming army dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | |
| Wang Zhen | 王眞 |
왕진 (명1) (왕전) |
A regional military commissioner (都司) of Liaodong (遼東) during the Xuande (1426-1435) and Zhengtong (1436-1449) eras of the Ming. | |
| Wang Zhen | 王鎭 |
왕진 (왕전) |
A son of a battalion commander (千戶) in Nanjing (南京) during the Tianshun era (1457-1464) of the Ming. The father of the second empress of Chenghua Emperor(成化帝). | |
| Wang Zhi | 王銍 |
왕질 (왕즈) |
Wang Zhi(王銍) was a renowned literary critic of the Song Dynasty. He was a descendant of Wang Su(王素) and studied under Ouyang Xiu(歐陽脩). | 성지(性之), 성지(性之), 여음노민(汝陰老民) |
| Wang Zhi | 汪直 |
왕직 (명1) (왕즈) |
(d. 1487). A powerful palace eunuch who found favor with the Chenghua Emperor (成化帝). | 왕태감(汪太監), 직(直) |
| Wang Zhi | 汪直 |
왕직 (명2) (왕즈) |
(?-1559). Also knonw as Wang Wufeng 汪五峯. A pirate chief native to Huizhou 徽州 (present Anhui 安徽 Province). Originally a salt merchant, he accumulated wealth by smuggling between China and the Southeast Asian region. He became one of the chiefs of the so-called "Latter Period Japanese Pirates" based in the Zhoushan 舟山 Islands in Zhejiang 浙江 and the Gotō 五道 Islands in Japan. He is known to be related to the introduction of the matchlock in Japan. He was taken captive and executed by Grand Coordinator (巡撫) of Zhejiang 浙江 Hu Zongxian 胡宗憲 in 1559. | 왕오봉(汪五峯), 왕직(王直) |
| Wang Zhideng | 王志登 |
왕지등 (왕즈덩) |
A Chinese native of Liaodong (遼東) who served as mobile corps commander (遊擊) in the Manchu army. He surrendered to the army of Ming Admiral Mao Wenlong (毛文龍) when surrounded by Mao's soldiers in 1627. | 지등(志登) |
| Wang Zhihan | 王之翰 |
왕지한 (왕즈한) |
One of the mobile corps commanders (遊擊) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | |
| Wang Zhizhong | 汪之重 |
왕지중 (왕즈중) |
A scout in the Ming army dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). |