Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhu Shangyuan | 朱尙元 |
주상원 (주상위안) |
A Ming brigade general 遊擊 who was active in Liaodong 遼東 during 1620s. | 주상원(朱尙元) |
| Zhu Shuzhen | 朱淑眞 |
주숙진 (주수전) |
Zhu Shuzhen(朱淑眞) was a female poet and painter of the later period of the Northern Song Dynasty. After her divorce, she returned home to lead a lonely life. She was noted for paintings of plum blossoms and bamboos and poems of sadness and resentment. | 주숙진(朱淑眞) |
| Zhu Song | 朱松 |
주송 (주쑹) |
Zhu Song(朱松, 1097~1143) was an official of the Southern Song Dynasty. Hailing from Hui Prefecture(徽州), he studied under Luo Congyan(羅從彦). He was the father of Zhu Xi(朱熹). | 송(松), 주송(朱松), 교년(喬年), 위재(韋齋), 헌정(獻靖) |
| Zhu Wencai | 朱文彩 |
주문채 (주원차이) |
A company commander 千總 who came to Joseon during the Imjin War (aka Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 주문채(朱文彩) |
| Zhu Xin | 朱信 |
주신 (주신) |
A Ming eunuch. He sailed for Japan in 1404 with imperial messages. But he drifted to Jeolla 全羅 Province. The Joseon court guided him and his colleagues in the right direction to Japan. | 주신(朱信) |
| Zhu Xizhong | 朱希忠 |
주희충 (주시중) |
(1516-1573). He served Emperor Jiajing 嘉靖 as one of the supreme commanders of the Ming armies in Beijing. He finally got the position of Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent 太子太師. | 성국공(成國公), 주희충(朱希忠) |
| Zhu YI | 朱异 |
주이 (주이) |
(483-549). An official of the Liang 梁 dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period. Accused of being corrupt and duplicitous, he is said to have been responsible for the Liang's downfall. | 언화(Yanhe 彥和) |
| Zhu Ya | 朱埜 |
주야 (주야) |
Zhu Ya(朱埜) was the second son of Zhu Xi(朱熹). He was posthumously titled Marquis of Anyang(安陽侯). | 안양후(安陽侯), 야(埜) |
| Zhu Yi | 朱邑 |
주읍 (주이) |
(d. 58 BCE). Superintendent of agriculture 大司農 during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han 漢宣帝. | |
| Zhu Yipei | 朱以沛 |
주이패 (주이페이) |
Assumed to be the misspelling of Zhu Yipa 朱以派 who was appointed Prince of Lu 魯王 in 1640. According to the History of Ming, he killed himself when the Manchu army invaded Shandong in 1642. However, according to Manchus' letter to Joseon of 1643 cited in the Veritable Records of King Injo of Joseon, he was killed by Manchus when the Manchu army invaded Beijing. | 로왕(魯王), 주이패(朱以沛) |