Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xu Yiguan | 徐一貫 |
서일관 (쉬이관) |
One of the commanders (指揮) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 서(徐) |
| Xu Yihou | 許儀後 |
허의후 (쉬이허우) |
A Fujian 福建 merchant. In 1592, he presented an erroneous report to Ming officials that Josoen had conspired with Japan in order to invade China. | 의후(儀後), 허의후(許儀後) |
| Xu You | 許攸 |
허유 (쉬여우) |
(d. 204 CE). A strategist who served Yuan Shao 袁紹 at the end of the Eastern Han period. | 자원(Ziyuan 子遠) |
| Xu Yuan | 許遠 |
허원 (쉬위안) |
Xu Yuan(許遠, 709-757) was a loyalist of the Tang Dynasty who fought against An Lushan(安祿山)'s forces. Born in Hang prefecture(杭州), he became jinshi in the Kaiyuan era(開元年間). In 755, when An Lushan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he was appointed Governor of Suiyang(睢陽太守). He defended Suiyang(睢陽) against An Lushan's large army for a year. However he was defeated, captured, and executed. | 원(遠), 허원(許遠) |
| Xu Zhen | 徐鎭 |
서진 (쉬전) |
A company commander (百戶) from Ningbo (寧波) in Zhejiang (浙江) who was cast away on the shore of Pungju (豐州), Joseon in 1409. | |
| Xu Zhideng | 徐治登 |
서치등 (쉬즈덩) |
A Ming government official dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | |
| Xu Zuo | 徐佐 |
서좌 (쉬쭤) |
An acting commander (假指揮) of Tangzhan (湯站) during the Jiajing era (1522-1566) of the Ming. | |
| Xuan Huangdi | 宣皇帝 |
선황제 (쉬안황디) |
See Ming Xuanzong 明宣宗. | |
| Xuan Ming | 玄冥 |
현명 (쉬안밍) |
A God of the North Sea 北海 in Chinese mythology. A descendant of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝. | 수(Xiu 脩), 희(Xi 熙), 우강(Yu Qiang 禺强), 우강(Yu Jiang 禺疆), 우경(Yu Jing 禺京) |
| Xuan Ni | 宣尼 |
선니 (쉬안니) |
See Kong Zi 孔子. |