Choi Myung-kil

• Name — Ch'oe Myŏnggil • Office — Chief State Councillor • Term Start — August 27, 1642 • Term End — December 8, 1642 • Predecessor — Yi Sŏnggu • Successor — Sin Kyŏngjin • Term Start1 — 1638 • Term End1 — February 6, 1640 • Predecessor1 — Yi Hongju • Successor1 — Hong Sŏbong • Office2 — Left State Councillor • Term Start2 — August 26, 1637 • Term End2 — October 19, 1638 • Predecessor2 — Yi Sŏnggu • Successor2 — Sin Kyŏngjin • Office3 — Right State Councillor • Term Start3 — May 3, 1637 • Term End3 — 1637 • Predecessor3 — Yi Sŏnggu • Successor3 — Chang Yu • Monarch3 — King Injo of Joseon • Born — 7 October 1586 • Birthplace — Joseon • Died — 19 June 1647 • Place of death — Joseon • Country — Joseon • Father — Ch'oe Kinam • Mother — Lady Yu of the Jeonju Yu clan • Spouse — Lady Jang of the Indong Jang clan Lady Heo of the Yangcheon Heo clan • Children — Choe Hu-sang (son) Lady Choe (daughter) Choe Hu-ryang (adopted son) • Party — Westerners (Seo-in) Ch'oe Myŏnggil (7 October 1586 – June 19, 1647) was a Korean Joseon politician and Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yangmingist school who came from the Jeonju Choe clan. He served as the Joseon Chief State Councilor from 1638 to 1640 and 1642 to 1644.

• Jicheon Yujip (지천유집 遲川遺集) • Jicheon Jucha (지천주차 遲川奏箚)

• Father: Choe Gi-nam (최기남, 崔起南; 1559–1619) • Grandfather: Choe Su-jun (최수준, 崔秀俊) • Mother: Lady Yu of the Jeonju Yu clan (정경부인 전주 유씨, 貞敬夫人 全州 柳氏; 1556–1615) • Grandfather: Yu Yeong-rip (유영립, 柳永立; 1537–1599) • Siblings • Older brother: Choe Nae-gil, Prince Wancheon (최내길 완천군, 崔來吉 完川君; 1583–1649) • Younger brother: Choe Hye-gil (최혜길, 崔惠吉; 1591–1662) • Younger brother: Choe Ga-gil (최가길, 崔嘉吉) • Wives and children: • Lady Jang of the Indong Jang clan (정경부인 인동 장씨, 貞敬夫人 仁同 張氏); eldest daughter of Jang-Man (장만, 張晩) – No issue, so they adopted Choe Hye-gil's 2nd son. • Adopted son: Choe Hu-ryang, Prince Walleung (최후량 완릉군, 崔後亮 完陵君; 1616–1693) • Adopted daughter-in-law: Ahn Jung-im, Lady Ahn of the Gwangju Ahn clan (안중임 광주 안씨, 安仲任 廣州 安氏; 1621–1673); eldest daughter of Ahn Heon-jing (안헌징, 安獻徵) • Grandson: Choe Seok-jin (최석진, 崔錫晉; b. 1640) • Grandson: Choe Seok-jeong (최석정, 崔錫鼎; 1646–1715); become the adoptive son of his uncle, Choe Hu-sang • Granddaughter-in-law: Lady Yi Gyeong-eok (이경억, 李慶億) • Great-Grandson: Choe Chang-dae (최창대, 崔昌大) • Grandson: Choe Seok-hang (최석항, 崔錫恒; 1654–1724) • Granddaughter: Lady Choe Du-sik (최두식, 崔斗息; b. 1651) • Grandson-in-law: Yun Je-myeong (윤제명, 尹濟明) • Granddaughter: Lady Choe Dan-sik (최단식, 崔端息; b. 1656) • Grandson-in-law: Shin Gok (신곡, 申轂) • Lady Heo of the Yangcheon Heo clan (정경부인 양천 허씨, 貞敬夫人 陽川 許氏); daughter of Heo In (허인, 許嶙) • Son: Choe Hu-sang (최후상, 崔後尙; 1631–1680) – No issue, so he adopted Choe Hu-ryang's 2nd son. • Unnamed concubine (첩) • Daughter: Lady Choe (최씨, 崔氏) • Son-in-law: Gu Hoeng (구횡, 具鐄; b. 1638) of the Neungseong Gu clan; son of Gu In-hu, Internal Prince Neungcheon (구인후 능천부원군, 具仁垕 綾川府院君)

• Portrayed by Kim Sung-won in the 1981 KBS1 TV Series Daemyeong. • Portrayed by Kim Ha-kyun in the 2013 JTBC TV series Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers. • Portrayed by Jeon No-min in the 2014 tvN TV series The Three Musketeers. • Portrayed by Im Ho in the 2015 MBC TV series Splendid Politics. • Portrayed by Kim Tae-hoon (actor) in the 2023 MBC TV series My Dearest. • Portrayed by Lee Byung-hun in the 2017 film The Fortress.

• Portrayed in the 2019 KakaoPage Webtoon series Finally, The Blue Flame