Song Jun-gil

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

In this Korean name, the family name is Song.
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSong Jungil
McCune–ReischauerSong Chunkil
Pen name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongchun, Dongchundang
McCune–ReischauerTongch'un, Tongch'untang
Posthumous name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMunjeong
McCune–ReischauerMunchŏng

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).
  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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