Sŏng Hon
Sŏng Hon was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who was a close friend of the scholar Yi I and an older contemporary of Yi Hwang, leader of the country's "western faction" of the period.
Sŏng Hon is often referred to by his stylized name of Ugye and Mugam. He gained eminence not only as a scholar but as a revered politician and reformer, attaining the position of Fourth State Councillor/Vice Prime Minister in the State Council of Joseon. Sŏng Hon came from the Changnyeong Sŏng clan.
Selected works
- "Ugye chip"
- "Chumun chigyŏl"
- "Wihak chibang"
Family
He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through the marriage of his daughter, Lady Sŏng. She married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Sŏn'gŏ, who eventually became the parents of Yun Jeung.- Father
- * Sŏng Such'im ; he and his brother became the students of Cho Kwangjo
- Mother
- * Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan
- Sibling
- * Younger sister - Lady Sŏng of the Changnyeong Sŏng clan
- Spouse - Lady Sin of the Goryeong Sin clan
- Issue
- * Son - Sŏng Munyŏng
- * Son - Sŏng Munjun
- ** Grandson - Sŏng Yŏk
- ** Granddaughter - Lady Sŏng of the Changnyeong Sŏng clan
- ** Grandson - Sŏng Ik
- ** Granddaughter - Lady Sŏng of the Changnyeong Sŏng clan
- ** Grandson - Sŏng Chik
- ** Granddaughter - Lady Sŏng of the Changnyeong Sŏng clan
- * Daughter - Lady Sŏng of the Changnyeong Sŏng clan
- ** Son-in-law - Nam Kungmyŏng
- ** Unnamed granddaughter
- ** Unnamed granddaughter
- ** Unnamed grandson
- ** Unnamed grandson
- ** Unnamed granddaughter
- ** Unnamed grandson
- * Unnamed son
- * Unnamed son
- * Unnamed son
- * Daughter - Lady Sŏng of the Changnyeong Sŏng clan
- ** Son-in-law - Yun Hwang
- *** Grandson - Yun Hun'gŏ
- *** Grandson - Yun Sun'gŏ
- *** Grandson - Yun Sanggŏ
- *** Grandson - Yun Mun'gŏ
- *** Grandson - Yun Sŏn'gŏ
- **** Great-Grandson - Yun Jeung
- *** Grandson - Yun Min'gŏ
- *** Grandson - Yun Kyŏnggŏ
- *** Grandson - Yun Si'gŏ
- *** Granddaughter - Lady Yun