Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xue Kui | 薛奎 |
설규 (쉐쿠이) |
Xue Kui(薛奎, 967~1034) was an official of the Song Dynasty. His fourth daughter married Ouyang Xiu(歐陽脩). He was known as a man of integrity. When Empress Dowager Zhangxian(章獻太后), who ruled the country as regent, attempted to visit the imperial ancestral shrine wearing the emperor's court dress, he opposed the plan. | 설규(薛奎), 숙예(宿藝) |
| Xue Rengui | 薛仁貴 |
설인귀 (쉐런구이) |
Xue Rengui(薛仁貴, 614–683) was a general during the early Tang. He participated in successful campaigns against Western Tujue(西突厥) and against Goguryeo(高句麗). After the downfall of Goguryeo in 668, Emperor Gaozong(高宗) appointed him Protector General of Andong (安東都護府總督). However, he was defeated in campaigns against Tufan(吐藩) and Silla(新羅) in the 670's. | 설인귀(薛仁貴), 설례(薛禮) |
| Xue Tingchong | 薛廷寵 |
설정총 (쉐팅충) |
A supervising secretary (給事中) of the Office of Scrutiny for Works (工科) during the Jiajing era (1522-1566) of the Ming who was dispatched as deputy envoy (副使) in 1539. | |
| Xue Wanche | 薛萬徹 |
설만철 (쉐완처) |
Xue Wanche(薛萬徹, ?-653), a native of Capital commandery(京兆), was a general of the Sui and the Tang Dynasties. He originally served Li Jiancheng(李建成), the crown prince of Emperor Gaozu of Tang. After Li Shimin killed Jiancheng, Li Shimin pardoned him. In the reign of Emperor Gaozong(高宗), however, he was accused of treason and executed. | 설만철(薛萬徹) |
| Xue Wenzheng | 薛文正 |
설문정 (쉐원정) |
Assumed to be a misspelling of Xue Wenqing(薛文淸), a posthumous name of Xue Xuan(薛藩). See Xue Xuan(薛瑄) | |
| Xue Xuan | 薛瑄 |
설선 (쉐쉬안) |
(1389-1464 CE). A native of Hejin (河津), Shanxi (山西). A prominent Neo-Confucian scholar and bureaucrat during the Ming period.His posthumous name was Wenqing(文淸). He served concurrently as Vice Minister of the Right (右侍郞) of the Ministry of Rites (禮部) and Hanlin academician (翰林院學士) during Tianshun era (1457-1464). His writings include the Dushu lu (讀書錄) and the Xue wen qing ji (薛文清集). | 설(薛) |
| Xue Yang | 薛昂 |
설앙 (쉐양) |
Xue Yang(薛昻) was an official of the Song Dynasty. He earned the degree of jinshi(進士) in 1085. In the reign of Emperor Shenzong(神宗), he denounced the Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government(資治通鑑). | 설앙(薛昂), 앙(昂), 조명(肇明) |
| Xue Zongkai | 薛宗鎧 |
설종개 (쉐쭝카이) |
(1498-1535년) A jinshi of 1523. As a censor (御史) in the Censorate (都察院), he was beaten to death after the unsuccessful impeachment of the Minister of Personnel Wang Hong (汪宏) during the Jiajing era (1522-1566); was posthumously honored asVice-Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifice 太常少卿 during the Longqing era (1567-1572). | |
| Xun Kuang | 荀况 |
순황 (쉰쾅) |
(c. 300 - c. 230 BCE). Also known as Xunzi 荀子. One of the great Confucian scholars during the Warring States period, who is known for the discussion of the evil of human nature. | 순(Xun 荀), 순자(Xunzi 荀子), 순경(Xun Qing 荀卿), 황(Kuang 况) |
| Xun Mo | 郇模 |
순모 (쉰모) |
Xun Mo(郇模), a native of Jin Prefecture(晉州), was a commoner of the Tang Dynasty. In 773, in the reign of Emperor Daizong(代宗), he asked the emperor to abolish directors of self-defense(團練使) and military supervisors(監軍使). | 순모(郇模) |