Sin Sukchu (; August 2, 1417 – July 23, 1475) was a

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politician during the

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period. He served as Prime Minister from 1461 to 1466 and again from 1471 to 1475. He came from the Goryeong Sin clan (). Sin was an accomplished

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, and was particularly well educated in the

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.Handel (2014): 294. He served as a personal linguistic expert to

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, and was intimately involved in the creation and application of the Korean alphabet known in modern times as

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. Sin used the newly created hangul system to create an accurate transcription of spoken

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in 15th century

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China. These transcriptions haven proven accurate and reliable, and his transcriptions are now "an invaluable source of information on the pronunciations of Ming-era andarin"

Family

* Father ** Sin Chang (; 1382 – 8 February 1433) * Mother ** Lady Chŏng of the Naju Chŏng clan () (1390–?) * Siblings ** Older brother - Sin Maengchu () (1410–?) ** Older brother - Sin Chungchu (; 1413–1447) ** Older sister - Lady Sin of the Goryeong Sin clan () (1415–?) ** Younger sister - Lady Sin of the Goryeong Sin clan () (1417–?) ** Younger brother - Sin Songchu (; 1420–1464) ** Younger brother - Sin Malchu (; 1429–1503) * Wife and children ** Princess Consort Musong of the

Musong Yun clan The Musong Yun clan () is a Korean clan belonging to the greater Yoon (Korean surname), Yoon surname. The clan's historic Bon-gwan was in Kyonghung County, North Hamgyong Province. According to research conducted in 2015, the number of Musong Yun ...

(; 1420 – 23 January 1456); daughter of Yun Gyeong-yeon () *** Son - Sin Chu (; 1434 – 21 February 1456) *** Son - Sin Myŏn (; 1438 – 21 May 1467) *** Son - Sin Ch'an () (1440–?) *** Son - Sin Chŏng (; 1442 – 24 April 1482) *** Son - Sin Chun (; 1444 – 1509) *** Son - Sin Pu (; 1446 – 1487) *** Son - Sin Hyŏng (; 1449–?) *** Son - Sin P'il (; 1454 – 1518) *** Daughter - Lady Sin of the Goryeong Sin clan (; 1455 – ?) * Concubine ** Lady Pae () (1429–?) *** Son - Sin P'il () (1451–?) *** Daughter - Royal Consort Suk-won of the Goryeong Sin clan () (1455–?) **** Son-in-law -

Sejo of Joseon Sejo (; 7 November 1417 – 23 September 1468), personal name Yi Yu (), sometimes known as Grand Prince Suyang (), was the seventh monarch of the Joseon, Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Sejong the Great and the uncle of Da ...

(; 2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468)

Popular culture

* Portrayed by Lee Hyo-jung in the 2011

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TV series '' The Princess' Man''.

References

Sources

*Handel, Zev (2014). "Why Did Sin Sukju Transcribe the Coda of the ''Yào'' 藥 Rime of 15th Century Guānhuà with the Letter ㅸ ?". ''Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text'', eds. Richard VanNess Simmons, Newell Ann Van Auken. ''Language and Linguistics Monograph Series'' 53. Taipei: Academia Sinica, pp. 293–308.

External links

Sin Sukchu

Sin Sukchu – Britannica

Sin Sukchu – Nate
1417 births 1475 deaths Korean Confucianism Joseon Confucianists 15th-century Korean philosophers 15th-century Korean poets Linguists from Korea Linguists of Korean Linguists of Chinese Joseon scholar-officials {{Korea-politician-stub