Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zong Ze | 宗澤 |
종택 (쭝쩌) |
Zong Ze(宗澤, 1059 ~ 1128) was a renowned general of the Song Dynasty. He came from Wu Prefecture(婺州) and earned the jinshi (進士) degree in 1091. In the reigns of Emperor Qinzong(欽宗) and Gaozong(高宗) he distinguished himself in war against the Jin(金). He selected Yue Fei(岳飛) as his staff officer and attempted to push north to recapture all lost territory. He was posthumously as Zhongjian(忠簡). | 종택(宗澤), 여림(汝霖) |
| Zou Chen | 鄒臣 |
추신 (쩌우천) |
A Chinese merchant from Fujian who drifted to Do Port on Jin Island of Joseon Korea. | |
| Zou Hao | 鄒浩 |
추호 (쩌우하오) |
Zou Hao(鄒浩, 1060~1111) was an official and Confucian scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty. Hailing from Chang Prefecture(常州), he earned the jinshi degree(進士) in 1082. In the reign of Emperor Zhezong(哲宗), he was demoted and exiled for impeaching Zhang Dun(章惇). | 추호(鄒浩), 지완(志完), 도향거사(道鄕居士) |
| Zou Junmo | 鄒君默 |
추군묵 (쩌우쥔모) |
A student of a national academy in Zhangzhou 漳州 Prefecture. He did not accept the inaugural edict of Emperor Yongle 永樂 along with his colleagues. They were all executed. | 추군묵(鄒君默) |
| Zou Xiao | 鄒孝 |
추효 (쩌우샤오) |
A eunuch who was active during the Chenghua 成化 period (1465-1487). | 추효(鄒孝) |
| Zou Yan | 鄒衍 |
추연 (쩌우옌) |
(305-240 BCE). A Chinese philosopher known for the correlative thinking of the Yin and Yang 陰陽. He was one of the most famous scholars of the Jixia 稷下 Academy in the state of Qi 齊. | |
| Zou Yang | 鄒陽 |
추양 (쩌우양) |
(d. 120 CE). A prose writer during the Western Han period. | |
| Zou Yinglong | 鄒應龍 |
추응룡 (쩌우잉룽) |
A native of Chang'an 長安 or Lanzhou 蘭州. A jinshi of 1556. He successfully impeached Yan Song 嚴嵩 (1480-1567), who had held sway over the court for twenty years, and his son Yan Shifan 嚴世藩. Due to the impeachment, he became Commissionor of the Office of Transmission 通政使. Later he became vice censor-in-chief 副都御史 of the Censorate 都察院 and then VIce Minister of the Ministry of War 兵部 and Governor 巡撫 of Yunnan 雲南. When he supervised Yunnan province, he disclosed aristocrats' illegal activities and suppressed aboriginal rebels. After he impeached Feng Bao 馮保, a powerful enunch, he was demoted and eventually expelled from the court. After his death, the emperor realized his uprightness and reestablished his earlier official positions. | 추응룡(鄒應龍) |
| Zou Yuanbiao | 鄒元標 |
추원표 (쩌우위안뱌오) |
(1551-1624). A native of Jishui 吉水, Jiangxi 江西 and jinshi of 1577. As a leader of Donglin party, he was a brave and straightforward speaker. When Zhang Juzheng's 張居正 father died, he argued that Zhang should leave his positions to observe the mourning period. Due to this, he was beaten with bamboo sticks 80 times and expelled to Yunnan 雲南. When he returned after Zhang's death, he asked Emperor Wanli 萬曆 to launch personnel reforms. As Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢 swayed the court, he left politics. | 원표(元標), 추원표(鄒元標) |
| Zu Chengxun | 祖承訓 |
조승훈 (쭈청쉰) |
A native of Ningyuan 寧遠 and the father of Zu Dashou 祖大壽. He came from a prestigious family with military background in Liaodong 遼東. He was the first military commander who was dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War (aka Hideyoshi's Invasion). He attacked the Japanese in Pyeongyang 平壤 in the summer of 1592, but he was defeated and escaped to Liaodong. He returned to Joseon in the first month of the next year as an assistant general of Li Rusong 李如松. He entered Pyoengyang again and eventually defeated the Japanese army. Later he participated in the Battle of Ulsan 蔚山 in the winter of 1597-1598. | 승훈(承訓), 장대선(張大膳), 조승훈(祖承訓), 조총병(祖摠兵), 조총병(祖總兵), 총병(總兵) |