Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSong Jungil
McCune–ReischauerSong Chunkil
Art name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongchun, Dongchundang
McCune–ReischauerTongch'un, Tongch'untang
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunjeong
McCune–ReischauerMunchŏng

Song Jun-gil (Korean: 송준길; 28 December 1606 – 2 December 1672), also known by his art name Dongchundang, was a Korean politician and Neo-Confucian scholar, who lived during the Joseon Dynasty.

Born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province, he was the best friend and a distant relative of Song Si-yeol. His daughter, Lady Song, was the mother of Queen Inhyeon, who would become the second wife of King Sukjong.

Relations with the Royal Family

Song Jun-gil's descendants through his second daughter had made him the maternal grandfather of Min Jin-hu, Min Jin-won, and Queen Inhyeon. He eventually became the 5th great-grandfather of Empress Myeongseong and the 6th great-grandfather of Empress Sunmyeong.

When Empress Myeongseong became Queen, she also close connections to the families of her 5th maternal great-grandmother (Eunjin Song clan), and 4th maternal great-grandmother (Jinju Jeong clan).

Family

  • Great-grandfather
    • Song Se-yeong (송세영, 宋世英)
  • Grandfather
    • Song Eung-seo (송응서, 宋應瑞) (1530 – 1608)
  • Grandmother
    • Lady Yi of the Gwangju Yi clan (광주 이씨)[1]
  • Father
    • Song Yi-chang (송이창, 宋爾昌) (1561 – May 1627)
  • Mother
  • Wives and their issue
    • Lady Kim (김씨, 金氏) — no issue.
    • Lady Jeong of the Jinju Jeong clan (진주 정씨, 晋州 鄭氏) (1604 – 1655)[4][5]
      • Son: Song Gwang-sik (송광식, 宋光栻) (1625 – 1664)
        • Granddaughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (은진 송씨, 恩津 宋氏)
          • Grandson-in-law: Won Mong-ik of the Wonju Won clan (원몽익 원주 원씨, 元夢翼 原州 元氏)[6]
            • Great-grandson: Won Myeong-gu (원명구, 元命龜)[7]
        • Grandson: Song Byeong-mun (송병문)
        • Grandson: Song Byeong-ha (송병하)
        • Grandson: Song Byeong-won (송병원)
        • Grandson: Song Byeong-ik (송병익)
      • Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (은진 송씨, 恩津 宋氏)
        • Son-in-law: Na Myeong-jwa of the Anjeong Na clan (나명좌 안정 나씨)[8]
      • Daughter: Internal Princess Consort Eunseong of the Eunjin Song clan (은성부부인 은진송씨, 恩城府夫人 恩津 宋氏) (1637 – 1672)[9]
        • Son-in-law: Min Yu-jung (민유중, 閔維重) (1630 – 29 June 1687)
          • Granddaughter: Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (1656 – 1728) (여흥 민씨, 驪興 閔氏)
          • Grandson: Min Jin-hu (1659 – 1720) (민진후, 閔鎭厚)
          • Grandson: Min Jin-won (1664 – 1736) (민진원, 閔鎭遠)
          • Granddaughter: Queen Inhyeon of the Yeoheung Min clan (인현왕후 민씨, 仁顯王后 閔氏) (15 May 1667 – 16 September 1701)
          • Granddaughter: Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨, 驪興 閔氏)
          • Granddaughter: Min Jeong-seong, Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (민정성 여흥 민씨) (1672 – 1672)
          • Granddaughter: Min Jeong-je, Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (민정제 여흥 민씨) (1672 – ?)
  • Concubines and their issue
    • Yi Rang, Lady Yi (이랑 이씨, 李娘 李氏)[10] — no issue
    • Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨, 驪興 閔氏) (1640 – 1712)[11]
      • Son: Song Gwang-rim (송광림)
      • Son: Song Gwang-cheon (송광천)
      • Son: Song Gwang-yeong (송광영)

Works

  • Eorokhae (어록해, 語錄解)
  • Dongchundangjip (동춘당집)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Daughter of Yi Yun-gyeong (이윤경, 李潤慶) and adoptive great-great-granddaughter of Yi Eon-jeok
  2. ↑ Lady Kim’s sister became the grandmother of Crown Princess Minhoe.
  3. ↑ Daughter of Kim Eun-hwi (김은휘) and cousin of Kim Jang-saeng.
  4. ↑ Married in 1623.
  5. ↑ Daughter of Jeong Gyeong-se (정경세, 鄭經世; 1563 – 1633).
  6. ↑ Became the brother-in-law of Princess Sukgyeong (숙경공주, 淑敬公主), the younger sister of King Heonjeong (현종대왕).
  7. ↑ Became the adoptive son of Princess Sukgyeong.
  8. ↑ His sister married Kim Su-hang (the 4th great-grandfather of Queen Sunwon and the 5th great-grandfather of Queen Cheorin). Another sister of his married King Sejong’s 8th generation descendant, Yi Sa-myeong (이사명, 李師命) (1647 - 1689)
  9. ↑ Min Yu-jung’s second wife.
  10. ↑ Daughter of Yi Dong-hyeong (이동형).
  11. ↑ Daughter of Min Gyu (민규).

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