Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Shilin | 吳世霖 |
오세림 (우스린) |
Wu Shilin(吳世霖) was the grandson of Wu Sangui(吳三桂). After Wu Sangui's revolt was eventually quelled by Emperor Kangxi (康熙帝) of the Qing Dynasty, he was executed along with his father. | 세림(世霖), 오세림(吳世霖) |
| Wu Sijie | 吳四姐 |
오사저 (우쓰제) |
A Ming woman who was taken captive by one of the Manchurian tribes and fled to Joseon. She was sent back to Liaodong (遼東) by the Joseon authorities in 1468. | |
| Wu Tai Bo | 吳太伯 |
오태백 (우타이보) |
See Tai Bo 泰伯. | |
| Wu Tianming | 吳天明 |
오천명 (우톈밍) |
A firearms specialist under Company Commander (千摠) Chen Yinglong (陳應龍) who was dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | |
| Wu Wang Fuchai | 吳王夫差 |
오왕부차 (우왕푸차이) |
King Fuchai of Wu. See Fuchai 夫差. | |
| Wu Weishan | 敖惟善 |
오유선 (우웨이산) |
A supervising secretary (給事中) who was dispatched to Joseon as an envoy in 1404. | 유선(惟善) |
| Wu Weishan | 吳惟珊 |
오유산 (우웨이산) |
One of the Ming battalion commanders (千戶) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 유산(惟珊) |
| Wu Weizhong | 吳惟忠 |
오유충 (우웨이중) |
One of the mobile corps commanders (遊擊) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 오야(吳爺), 오유격(吳遊擊), 오총병(吳摠兵), 오총병(吳總兵), 오총병(吳揔兵), 유충(惟忠) |
| Wu Xian | 巫咸 |
무함 (우셴) |
Shaman Xian. A legendary shaman in ancient China. According to the Annals of Lü Buwei 呂氏春秋, he was the inventor of milfoil divination 筮. | |
| Wu Xiang | 吳襄 |
오양 (청) (우샹) |
(1661-1735). A native of Qingyang 靑陽, Anhui 安徽. He won the imperial civil service examination in the fifty second year (1713) of the Kangxi 康熙 era of the Qing, and served as minister of rites 禮部尙書 during the Yongzheng 雍正 era (1723-1736). He died of illness in the thirteenth year (1735) of the Yongzheng era. |