Song Si-yŏl

Template:Family name hatnote Song Si-yŏl (Korean: Template:Category handler; 1607–1689), also known by his art names Uam (Template:Category handler) and Ujae (Template:Category handler) or by the honorific Master Song (; ; Template:Category handler), was a Korean philosopher and politician. Born in Okcheon, North Chungcheong Province, he was known for his concern with the problems of the common people. He served in governmental service for more than fifty years, and his name features over 3,000 times in the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, the greatest frequency that any individual is mentioned. He was executed by the royal court for writing an inflammatory letter to the king. There is a monument to him in his hometown. He is also known as the calligrapher who inscribed an epitaph (Chungyeolmyobi Takboncheop) in dedication of Admiral Yi Sunsin, which is preserved at the Chungnyeolsa Shrine (historical site No. 236). He was from the Eunjin Song clan and was close friends with one of his distant relatives, Song Chun-gil.

Works

• Uam chip (; Template:Category handler)
• Uam sŏnsang hujip (; Template:Category handler)
• Uam yugo (; Template:Category handler)
• Chuja taejŏn (Template:Category handler)
• Songsŏ sŭbyu (; Template:Category handler)
• Songsŏ sok sŭbyu (; Template:Category handler)
• Chuja taejŏn ch'aŭi (; Template:Category handler)
• Jeongseobullyu (; Template:Category handler)
• Juja ŏryusobun (; Template:Category handler)
• Nonmaeng munuit'onggo (; Template:Category handler)
• Simgyŏng sŏgŭi (; Template:Category handler)
• Sambang ch'waryo (; Template:Category handler)
• Songja taejŏn (; Template:Category handler)
• Changnŭngjimun (; Template:Category handler)
• Yŏngnŭngjimun (; Template:Category handler)
• Sagyesŏnsaenghaengjang (; Template:Category handler)

Family

• Father
  • Song Kap-cho (; Template:Category handler; 10 December 1574 – 1 April 1628)
• Mother
  • Lady Kwak of the Seonsan Kwak clan (Template:Category handler; 14 February 1578 – 9 March 1655)
• Wife and children
  • Lady Yi of the Hansan Yi clan (; Template:Category handler; 29 October 1606 – 19 March 1677); daughter of Yi Deok-sa (이덕사; 李德泗; 1581–?)
    • Daughter - Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (; Template:Category handler; 1626–1678)
    • Adoptive son - Song Ki-t'ae (; Template:Category handler; 1629–1711); son of Song Si-hyŏng (; Template:Category handler)
    • Daughter - Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (; Template:Category handler; 1631–1685)
    • Son - Song Sun (; Template:Category handler); died prematurely
    • Son - Song Hoe (; Template:Category handler); died prematurely
    • Son - Song Sŏk (송석; 宋惜) died prematurely

In popular culture

• He was portrayed by Ahn Hyung-shik in the 1981 KBS1 TV Series Daemyeong.

See also

• List of Korean philosophers
• Korean philosophy
• Heo Mok
• Yun Hyu
• Yun Sŏndo
• Yun Jeung
• Kim Jip
• Kim Jang-saeng

• Song Chun-gil
• Yun Seongeo
• Gwon Sangha
• Kim Seok-ju

External links

• Song Siyeol Template:In lang
• Uam Academic institutions Template:In lang
• Song Siyeol:Naver Template:In lang
• Song Siyeol:Navercast Template:In lang