Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Shenxing | 于愼行 |
우신행 (위센싱) |
(1545-1607) A native of Yanzhou 兗州 who won a jinshi degree in 1568. He served as Senior Compiler 修撰 and was later promoted to Minister of Rites (禮部尙書) in 1589. | |
| Yu Shiji | 兪士吉 |
유사길 (위스지) |
A native of Xiangshan 象山. During the Hongwu 洪武 reign, he became a juren 擧人and served as a minor educational official. During the Jianwen 建文 reign (1399-1402), he became a censor. As a censor, he presented his opinions on current affairs and discovered false accusations. During the Yongle 永樂 period (1403-1424), he became senior censor and higher provincial official. He eventually became Vice Minister 侍郞 of the Ministry of Justice 刑部 in Nanjing 南京 during the Xuande 宣德 reign (1426-1435). | 사길(士吉), 유사길(兪士吉) |
| Yu Shimen | 于什門 |
우십문 (위스먼) |
An official of the Northern Wei 北魏 during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. In the reign of Emperor Mingyuan 明元帝, he was sent to the Later Yan 後燕 as an envoy. However he was detained by Feng Ba 馮跋 for 20 years. After Feng Ba became a vassal of the Northern Wei, he returned to the Northern Wei in 434. | |
| Yu Shinan | 虞世南 |
우세남 (위스난) |
Yu Shinan(虞世南, 558-638) was an official and prominent calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty(唐朝). The Emperor Taizong(太宗) trusted him and promoted him to Scholar at Hongwen Institute(弘文館學士) and Supervising Censor(秘書監) among other positions. As a calligrapher, he was skilled at the Regular Script(楷書). Ouyang Xun(歐陽詢), Chu Suiliang(褚遂良), and he were called the three maestros of the Early Tang Dynasty(初唐). Among his calligraphic works, the inscription on Kongfu's shrine (Kongzimiaotangbei 孔子廟堂碑) was the most well-known. | 우세남(虞世南), (伯施) |
| Yu Shiren | 游士任 |
유사임 (위스런) |
An army supervisor 監軍. He seems to have been sent to Mao Wenlong 毛文龍 in order to oversee Mao's military affairs. | 유감군(游監軍) |
| Yu Shun | 虞舜 |
우순 (쉬순) |
See Di Shun 帝舜. | |
| Yu Tian | 余田 |
여전 (위톈) |
A secretary (主事) in the Bureau of Receptions (主客淸吏司) of the Ministry of Rites (禮部) during the Jiajing era (1522-1566) of the Ming. | |
| Yu Wei | 庾蔚 |
유울 (위웨이) |
An official and scholar of the Liu Song 劉宋 during the Six Dynasties period. A native of Yingchuan Commandery 潁川郡 and the author of the Liji lüejie 禮記略解. | 유울지(Yu Weizhi 庾蔚之) |
| Yu Weizhi | 庾蔚之 |
유울지 (위웨이쯔) |
See Yu Wei 庾蔚. | 유울지(庾蔚之) |
| Yu Wenjun | 兪文俊 |
유문준 (위원쥔) |
Yu Wenjun(兪文俊) was an official of the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian(武則天)'s Zhou Dynasty(周). He was born in Jianling(江陵) of Jing prefecture(荊州). In the early reign of Wu Zetian, when he incurred Wu Zetian's anger, he was exiled and later killed. | 문준(文俊), 유문준(兪文俊) |