Song Jun-gil

Song Jun-gil
Hangul	송준길
Hanja	宋浚吉
Revised Romanization	Song Jun-gil
McCune–Reischauer	Song Chun'gil
Pen name
Hangul	동춘, 동춘당
Hanja	同春, 同春堂
Revised Romanization	Dongchun, Dongchundang
McCune–Reischauer	Tongchun, Tongchundang
Posthumous name
Hangul	문정
Hanja	文正
Revised Romanization	Munjeong
McCune–Reischauer	Munjŏng

Song Jun-gil (Hangul: 송준길, Hanja: 宋浚吉) (28 December 1606 – 2 December 1672), also known by his nickname Dongchundang, was a Korean politician and neo-Confucian scholar of the Joseon Dynasty.

Born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong, he was the best friend and distant relative of Song Siyeol. His daughter, Lady Song, is the mother of Queen Inhyeon, who would become the second wife of King Sukjong.

Relations with the Royal Family[]

Song Jun-gil's family line from 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. As Empress Myeongseong became queen, she kept close connections to her 5th maternal great-grandmother's clan, the Eunjin Song clan, and eventually had her 4th maternal great-grandmother's clan, the Jinju Jeong clan.

Empress Myeongseong had called her 4th great-grandmother’s father, Jung Gyeong-se, as her great-grandfather. So, the descendants of the two families, Eunjin Song and Jinju Jeong, were greatly favored by Gojong, and there were a large number of people who had been forced to pay a stipend in the past. At this time, Gojong and Heungseon Daewongun had a bad relationship with them, although they were their relatives. At this time, the families said this and groaned. "It would be nice if the civil war (queen) would reduce the pig neck and the war (wage) would increase the pig neck.”^[1]

Family[]

Great-Grandfather
- Song Se-yeong (송세영, 宋世英)
Grandfather
- Song Eung-seo (송응서, 宋應瑞) (1530 - 1608)
Grandmother
- Lady Lee of the Gwangju Lee clan (광주 이씨); daughter of Lee Yun-gyeong (이윤경, 李潤慶)
Father
- Song Yi-chang (송이창, 宋爾昌) (1561 - May 1627)
Mother
- Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (본관: 광산 김씨, 光山金氏) (? - 1621); daughter of Kim Eun-hwi (김은휘)^[2]
Wives and their children
- Lady Kim (김씨, 金氏) — no issue.
- Lady Jeong of the Jinju Jeong clan (본관: 진주 정씨, 晋州鄭氏) (1604 - 1655);^[3] (정경세의 딸) daughter of Jeong Gyeong-se (정경세, 鄭經世) (1563 - 1633)
  - Son: Song Gwang-sik (송광식, 宋光栻) (1625 - 1664)
    - Granddaughter: Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (본관: 은진 송씨, 恩津宋氏)
      - Grandson-in-law: Won Mong-ik (원몽익, 元夢翼) of the Wonju Won clan (본관: 원주 원씨, 原州元氏)^[4]
    - 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 (본관: 은진 송씨, 恩津宋氏)
  - Son-in-law: Na Myeong-jwa (나명좌) of the Anjeong Na clan (안정 나씨, 安定羅氏)^[5]
- Daughter: Internal Princess Consort Eunseong of the Eunjin Song clan (은성부부인 은진송씨, 恩城府夫人恩津宋氏) (1637 - 1672); Min Yu-jung’s second wife
  - 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 (민정성), Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (1672 - 1672)
    - Granddaughter: Min Jeong-je (민정제), Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (여흥 민씨, 驪興閔氏) (1672 - ?)
Concubines
- Lady Lee Rang (이랑, 李娘); (이동형의 딸) daughter of Lee Dong-hyeong (이동형) — no issue
- Lady Min of the Yeoheung Min clan (본관: 여흥 민씨, 驪興閔氏) (1640 - 1712); (통덕랑 민규의 딸) daughter of Tongdeokrang Min Gyu (통덕랑 민규)
  - Son: Song Gwang-rim (송광림)
  - Son: Song Gwang-cheon (송광천)
  - Son: Song Gwang-yeong (송광영)

Works[]

Eorokhae(어록해, 語錄解)
Dongchundangjip(동춘당집)

References[]

^ "송준길", 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean), 2020-08-09, retrieved 2020-10-18
^ He is the uncle of Kim Jang-saeng; making his daughter and his nephew cousins
^ Married in 1623
^ Brother-in-law of Princess Sukgyeong (숙경공주, 淑敬公主), the younger sister of King Heonjeong (현종대왕)
^ 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)

Site web[]

Song Jungil:Naver (in Korean)
Song Jungil (in Korean)
Song Jungil:Korean historical people information (in Korean)

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[1] "송준길", 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean), 2020-08-09, retrieved 2020-10-18

[2] He is the uncle of Kim Jang-saeng; making his daughter and his nephew cousins

[3] Married in 1623

[4] Brother-in-law of Princess Sukgyeong (숙경공주, 淑敬公主), the younger sister of King Heonjeong (현종대왕)

[5] 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)

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