Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
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Zheng Ci | 鄭賜 |
정사 (정츠) |
(d. 1408). A native of Jianning 建寧 and jinshi of 1385. He served as a censor 御史. Later he became the Minister 尙書 of the Ministry of Works 工部. After Emperor Yongle 永樂 was enthroned, he became the Minister 尙書 of the ministries of Justice 刑部 and then Rites 禮部. | 사(賜), 정(鄭), 정사(鄭賜) |
Zheng Gaotong | 鄭高同 |
정고동 (정가오퉁) |
A Han-Chinese who provided a Joseon envoy with information about the Qing invasion of Nanjing in 1655. | |
Zheng Gong | 鄭公 |
정공 (정궁) |
Refers to the rulers of state of Zheng 鄭 during the Spring and Autumn period. | |
Zheng Gong | 鄭躬 |
정궁 (정궁) |
A notorious bandit leader of Guanghan Commandery 廣漢郡\) during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han 漢成帝. He was captured and executed by Zhao Hu 趙護, the Governor 太守 of Guanghan Commandery. | |
Zheng Guang | 鄭光 |
정광 (정광) |
Zheng Guang(鄭光) was a maternal uncle of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty(唐宣宗). Empress Xiaoming(孝明皇后) was his sister. When he died in 845, Emperor Xuanzong stopped conducting state affairs for three day to express his grief. | 정광(鄭光) |
Zheng Guo | 鄭國 |
정국 (정궈) |
A disciple of Confucius, posthumously titled the Marqus of Qushan 胊山侯 in 1009. | 구산후(胊山侯), 정국(鄭國) |
Zheng Guoqing | 鄭國卿 |
정국경 (정궈칭) |
A Han-Chinese whom a Korean envoy asked about the progress of the Revolt of the Three Feudatories in 1674. | |
Zheng Hai | 鄭海 |
정해 (정하이) |
He visited Korea during the period of King Sejo 世祖 and King Seongjong 成宗 as a member of the Ming envoy's staff. He was a son of Zheng Shan 鄭善, a meritorious Korean eunuch in the Ming court. | 정해(鄭海) |
Zheng Hong | 鄭洪[鄭弘] |
정홍 (정훙) |
(?-86 CE). A native of Shanyin 山陰, Kuaiji 會稽. A descendant of Zheng Ji 鄭吉, protector-general of the Western Regions (西域都護) during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han. He served in the high-ranking official posts including the director of the imperial secretariat (尙書令) and the defender-in-chief (太尉) during the reign of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han. His rainmaking episode appears in Cefu Yuangui 冊府元龜 vol.681. | |
Zheng Huan | 鄭環 |
정환 (정환) |
A member of the Ming envoy's staff who visited Joseon in 1483. | 정환(鄭環) |