Song Chun-gil


Song Chun-gil, also known by his art name Tongch'undang, was a Korean politician and Neo-Confucian scholar, who lived during the Joseon period.
Born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province, he was the best friend and a distant relative of Song Si-yol. 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 Chun-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, and 4th maternal great-grandmother.

Family

  • Father
  • * Song Yi-ch'ang
  • Mother
  • * Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan ; daughter of Kim Eun-hwi and cousin of Kim Jang-saeng
  • Wives and their issue
  • * Lady Kim — no issue.
  • * Lady Chŏng of the Jinju Chŏng clan ; daughter of Chŏng Kyŏng-se
  • ** Son: Song Kwang-sik
  • ** Son: Song Sŏk-tae
  • ** Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan
  • ** Daughter: Internal Princess Consort Eunseong of the Eunjin Song clan ; Min Yu-chung's second wife
  • ** Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan
  • ** Daughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan
  • Concubines and their issue
  • * Yi Rang, Lady Yi ; daughter of Yi Tong-hyŏng — no issue.
  • * Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan ; daughter of Min Kyu
  • ** Son: Song Kwang-rim
  • ** Son: Song Kwang-chŏng
  • ** Son: Song Kwang-yŏng
  • ** Son: Song Pyŏng-ik

    Works

  • Eorokhae
  • Dongchundangjip

    Site web

Category:1606 births
Category:1672 deaths
Category:17th-century Korean writers
Category:Joseon scholar-officials
Category:Korean scholars
Category:Korean Confucianists
Category:17th-century Korean philosophers
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