Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xin Pi | 辛毗 |
신비 (신피) |
A politician under Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. Xin Pi originally served the warlord Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao's defeat, Pi switched allegiance to Cao Cao. | 비(Pi 毗), 좌치(Zuozhi 佐治) |
| Xin Wang | 信王 |
신왕 (신왕) |
See Ming Yizong 明毅宗 | |
| Xin You | 辛有 |
신유 (신유) |
A grand scribe 太史 of King Ping of Zhou 周平王. When the king moved the capital to Luoyi 洛邑, he is said to have predicted that Yichuan 伊川 would become the land of the Rong 戎 tribes within one hundred years. | |
| Xin Yuanping | 新垣平 |
신원평 (신위안핑) |
(d. 163 BCE). A native of Zhao 趙. He deceived Emperor Wen of Han 漢文帝 into establishing the temple for Five Powers 五帝 at Weiyang 渭陽. | 평(Ping 平) |
| Xin Zhu | 新住 |
신주 (신주) |
A palace eunuch in Beijing during the Chenghua era (1465-1487) of the Ming. | 신주(辛柱) |
| Xing Bing | 邢昺 |
형병 (싱빙) |
Xing Bing(邢昺, 932~1010) was an official of the Northern Song Dynasty. He came from Cao Prefecture(曹州) and earned the jinshi (進士) degree in the reign of Emperor Taizong(太宗). He reached the position of Minister of the Rites(禮部尚書). He was ordered to correct the Three Rites(三禮), Three Commentaries(三傳) and other Confucian canonical texts. | 형병(邢昺), 숙명(叔明) |
| Xing Huan | 邢寰 |
형환 (싱환) |
A chief supervising secretary 都給事中 of the Office of Rites 禮科 during the Zhengde 正德 period(1506-1521). He impeached Ming officials who received bribes from Joseon to correct some articles in the Comprehensive Statutes of Great Ming 大明會典 regarding Yi Seonggye's 李成桂 ancestors. | 형환(邢寰) |
| Xing Jie | 邢玠 |
형개 (싱졔) |
A native of Qingzhou 淸州, Shandong 山東 and Jinshi of 1571. He served as magistrate 知縣, censor 御史, governor 巡撫, and then governor-general 總督. During the second invasion of the Imjin War 丁酉再亂, he came to Joseon as the supreme commander of the Ming expeditionary army. He defeated the Japanese navy at Noryang 露梁. After he returned to Ming, he became Minister 尙書 of the Ministry of War 兵部. | 개(玠), 형개(邢玠), 형군문(邢軍門), 형군문개(邢軍門玠), 형로야(邢老爺) |
| Xing Kuntian | 邢崑田 |
형곤전 (싱쿤톈) |
Refer to Xingjie(邢玠). | 형곤전(邢崑田) |
| Xing Shu | 邢恕 |
형서 (싱수) |
Xing Shu(邢恕, ?~?), born in Zheng Prefecture(鄭州), was an official of the Song Dynasty. He studied under Cheng Hao(程顥) and earned the jinshi (進士) degree in the reign of Emperor Shenzong(神宗). He was banished for his opposition to the reforms promoted by Wang Anshi(王安石). He was denounced as an opportunist since he followed Sima Guang(司馬光), Zhang Dun(章惇) and Cai Jing(蔡京) successively. | 형서(邢恕), 형칠(邢七), 화숙(和叔) |