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| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhe Hu | 者胡 |
자호 (저후) |
See Zhe Lao 者老 | |
| Zhe Lao | 者老 |
자로 (저라오) |
A merchant of the Later Jin. | |
| Zhelaju | 者羅巨 |
자라거 (저라쥐) |
A Ming lady who was captured by Jurchens at the age of 16 or 17. She married twice and mothered three children. In 1466, in order to avoid her master's violence, she and her husband came over to Joseon along with one of their children. The Joseon court sent her and her husband back to Ming. | 자라신(者羅臣) |
| Zhen Dexiu | 眞德秀 |
진덕수 (전더슈) |
Zhen Dexiu(眞德秀, 1178~1235) was a scholar and philosopher of the Southern Song Dynasty. He came from Jian Prefecture(建州) and earned the jinshi (進士) degree in 1199. He successively filled various government posts, such as Imperial Diarist(起居舍人), Vice Minister in the Court of Imperial Sacrifices(太常少卿), Drafter in the Imperial Secretariat(中書舍人), Vice Minister of Rites(禮部侍郎), Minister of Revenue(户部尚書), Hanlin Academician(翰林學士), and finally Vice Counselor(參知政事). Zhen Dexiu wrote the books Daxue yanyi(大學衍義), Xinjing(心經), Zhengjing(政經), Du Shu ji(讀書記) and Wenzhang zhengzong(文章正宗). His collected writings are assembled in the Zhen Xishan quanji(眞西山全集). | 덕수(德秀), 서산(西山), 서산진씨(西山眞氏), 진(眞), 진덕수(眞德秀), 진서산(眞西山), 포성백(蒲城伯), 경원(景元), 경희(景希), 서산선생(西山先生) |
| Zhen Hou | 甄后 |
견후 (전허우) |
A wife of Cao Pi 曹丕, the founding emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 and the mother of Cao Rui 曹叡, Emperor Ming 明帝 of Cao Wei. She gained the favor of Cao Pi and gave birth to Cao Rui. But because Cao Pi loved a concubine, Lady Guo 郭氏, she lost favor and committed suicide. She was posthumously honored as Empress Wenzhao 文昭皇后. | |
| Zhen Shao | 甄邵 |
견소 (전사오) |
A unfilial magistrate of Ye (Ye ling 鄴令) during the Eastern Han dynasty. | 소(Shao 邵) |
| Zheng Bing | 鄭丙 |
정병 (정빙) |
Zheng Bing(鄭丙, 1121~1194) was an official of the Song Dynasty. He earned the jinshi(進士) degree by passing the imperial examination in 1145. In 1182, he submitted a memorial in which he denounced the Cheng-Zhu School(程朱學). | 정병(鄭丙), 소융(少融) |
| Zheng Bo | 鄭伯 |
정백 (정보) |
Refers to the rulers of state of Zheng 鄭 during the Spring and Autumn period. | |
| Zheng Cheng | 鄭澄 |
정징 (정청) |
A Ming eunuch of Korean origin. He visited Joseon in 1394 as an envoy. He was expelled from the Imperial palace to Joseon the following year. After his return to Joseon, he served in the palace of the crown prince. | 정징(鄭澄) |
| Zheng Chenggong | 鄭成功 |
정성공 (정청궁) |
(1624~1662). He was also known as Koxinga 國姓爺 in the West. He was born in Hirato, Japan, the son of Zheng Zhilong 鄭芝龍, a Chinese pirate leader, and his Japanese wife. Before 1644, he was a Confucian student, acquiring academic degrees. When he was studying at the Imperial academy 國子監 in Nanjing 南京, one of his teachers was Qian Qianyi 錢謙益. After the downfall of Ming, the Zheng family supported Emperor Longwu 隆武, the second emperor of the Southern Ming. Although his father surrendered to the Qing in 1646, Zheng continued to lead the Zheng family's army against the Manchus. In 1661, he led his troops and ships to Taiwan in order to make it his military base to restore the Ming dynasty. He expelled the Dutch from the island and occupied it the next year. He died suddenly of malaria at the age of 37 after he had signed a peace treaty with the Dutch. | 성공(成功), 정성공(鄭成功) |
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