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Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wu Wang Fuchai | 吳王夫差 |
오왕부차 (우왕푸차이) |
King Fuchai of Wu. See Fuchai 夫差. | |
| Wu Weishan | 敖惟善 |
오유선 (우웨이산) |
A supervising secretary (給事中) who was dispatched to Joseon as an envoy in 1404. | 유선(惟善) |
| Wu Weishan | 吳惟珊 |
오유산 (우웨이산) |
One of the Ming battalion commanders (千戶) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 유산(惟珊) |
| Wu Weizhong | 吳惟忠 |
오유충 (우웨이중) |
One of the mobile corps commanders (遊擊) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 오야(吳爺), 오유격(吳遊擊), 오총병(吳摠兵), 오총병(吳總兵), 오총병(吳揔兵), 유충(惟忠) |
| Wu Xian | 巫咸 |
무함 (우셴) |
Shaman Xian. A legendary shaman in ancient China. According to the Annals of Lü Buwei 呂氏春秋, he was the inventor of milfoil divination 筮. | |
| Wu Xiang | 吳襄 |
오양 (청) (우샹) |
(1661-1735). A native of Qingyang 靑陽, Anhui 安徽. He won the imperial civil service examination in the fifty second year (1713) of the Kangxi 康熙 era of the Qing, and served as minister of rites 禮部尙書 during the Yongzheng 雍正 era (1723-1736). He died of illness in the thirteenth year (1735) of the Yongzheng era. | |
| Wu Xiang | 吳襄 |
오양 (명) (우샹) |
(d. 1644 CE). A regional commander (總兵官) of Liaodong (遼東) during the Chongzhen era (1628-1644) of the Ming and the father of Wu Sangui (吳三桂). He was murdered by the army of Li Zicheng (李自成) in 1644. | |
| Wu Ximeng | 吳希孟 |
오희맹 (우시멍) |
A native of Wujin 武進. Winning a jinshi degree in 1532, and was promoted to Supervising Secretary 給事中 of the Office of Scrutiny for Revenue 戶科. He wrote the Shi Chaoxian zhi 使朝鮮集 based on his experience as the Ming envoy to Korea during the reign of King Jungjong 中宗 of Joseon. | 무진(武進), 오천사(吳天使), 오희맹(吳希孟), 희맹(希孟) |
| Wu Xingdao | 吳行道 |
오행도 (우싱다오) |
An adivisor of Vice Commander (同知) Shen Sixian (沈思賢) who was dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | |
| Wu Xingyuan | 伍性原 |
오성원 (우싱위안) |
A student of Zhangzhou prefectual school (漳州府學). With Professor (敎授) Chen Sixian (陳思賢) and five other students, he was executed for installing the soul tablet of the Jianwen emperor (建文帝) in Minglun Hall (明倫堂). |
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