Kim Jang-saeng (Korean김장생; Hanja金長生; July 8, 1548 – August 3, 1631) was a Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, educator, and writer of Korea's Joseon period.[1]

Kim Jang-saeng
Korean name
Hangul
김장생
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Jangsaeng
McCune–ReischauerKim Changsaeng
Art name
Hangul
사계
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSagye
McCune–ReischauerSagye
Courtesy name
Hangul
희원, 희지
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHuiwon, Huiji
McCune–ReischauerHŭiwŏn, Huiji
Letter of Kim Jang-saeng

He was successor to the Neo-Confucian academic tradition of Yulgok Yi I (이이) and Seong Hon (성혼).

Family edit

  • Father
    • Kim Gye-hwi (김계휘; 金繼輝; 1526–1582)
  • Mother
  • Siblings
    • Younger sister - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (광산 김씨; 光山 金氏)
    • Younger half-brother - Kim Ui-sun (김의손; 金義孫)
    • Younger half-brother - Kim Yeon-sun (김연손; 金燕孫)
    • Younger half-brother - Kim Gyeong-sun (김경손; 金慶孫)
    • Younger half-brother - Kim Pyeong-sun (김평손; 金平孫)
    • Younger half-sister - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (광산 김씨; 光山 金氏)
    • Younger half-sister - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (광산 김씨; 光山 金氏); Kim Sang-yong’s second wife
  • Wives and their children
    • Lady Jo of the Changnyeong Jo clan (창녕 조씨; 昌寧 曺氏; 1551–1586)
      • Son - Kim Eun (김은; 金檃)
      • Son - Kim Jib (김집; 金集; 1574–1656)
      • Son - Kim Ban (김반; 金槃)
    • Lady Kim of the Suncheon Kim clan (순천 김씨; 順天 金氏)
    • Unnamed concubine
      • 4 unnamed children

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jae-eun Kang The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism 2006 "A pioneer of the study on family rites based on the doctrines of Zhu Xi in Joseon was Jim Jangsaeng (金長生, pen name is Sagye 沙溪, 1548–1631), who wrote Garye jimnam (家禮輯覽, Exposition of Family Rites) and belonged to the Giho ..."

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