Kim Man-jung (; 6 March 1637 – 14 June 1692), also romanized as Kim Man-choong, was a Korean novelist and politician. He was one of the eminent
Neo-Confucian
Neo-Confucianism (, often shortened to ''lǐxué'' 理學, literally "School of Principle") is a Morality, moral, Ethics, ethical, and metaphysics, metaphysical Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism, which originated with Han Yu (768� ...
scholars of the
Joseon period.
Life and work
A member of the ''
yangban class'', Kim passed the state civil service examination and rose through the official ranks to become an academic counselor and minister during the reign of
King Sukjong. He was exiled twice for involvement in the political factionalism of the time.
As a man of letters, his most renowned works were the novels
''Record of Lady Sa's Trip to the South'' and ''
The Cloud Dream of the Nine
''The Cloud Dream of the Nine'', also translated as ''The Nine Cloud Dream'' (), is a 17th-century Korean novel set in the Chinese Tang dynasty. Although widely attributed to Kim Man-jung, there have been some arguments about whether he was the ...
''. The former, a novel about family affairs set in China, is a satirical depiction of the political reality of his day and in particular a rebuke of King Sukjong. The latter is one of the most prominent novels of traditional Korea. It is said that Kim wrote ''The Cloud Dream of the Nine'' during his second exile.
[Tai-jin Kim. 1976. ''A Bibliographic Guide to Traditional Korean Sources''. Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, 356.] It is an ideal novel dealing with the affairs of life and is centered on the travails of the hero. It has a highly Buddhist overtone, with an emphasis on the transience of worldly glory and pleasure.
Family
* Father
** Kim Ik-gyeom (; 1615 – 16 February 1637)
* Mother
** Lady Yun of the Haepyeong Yun clan (; 1617–1689)
* Sibling(s)
** Older brother - Kim Man-gi (; 1633 – 15 March 1687)
* Wife and children
** Lady Yi of the Yeonan Yi clan (; 1639–1705)
*** Son - Kim Jin-hwa (; 1655–1714)
*** Daughter - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (; 1658–?), Yi Yi-myeong's second wife
See also
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Kim Jang-saeng
Kim Jang-saeng (; July 8, 1548 – August 3, 1631) was a Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, educator, and writer of Korea's Joseon period.Jae-eun Kang The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism 2006 "A pioneer of the study ...
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Queen Ingyeong
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Kim Jip
Kim Jip (; 1574–1656) was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, educator and writer of the Joseon period. He was also the teacher of Song Si-yeol and Song Jun-gil, great Korean Neo-Confucian scholars.
Family
* Father
** Kim Jang-saeng ...
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Kim Ik-hun
Kim Ik-hun (, 1619 – March 11, 1689) was a Korean politician, a general, and part of the noble class during the Joseon period. His art name was Gwangnam () and his courtesy name was Mu-suk ().
Biography
Kim Ik-hun was born in 1619. He was t ...
References
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1637 births
1692 deaths
Korean novelists
Joseon scholar-officials
Korean Confucianists
Gwangsan Kim clan
17th-century Korean poets
Joseon jangwon