Kim Manjung
Also recorded as Kim Man-jung
Kim Manjung

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- Born
- 6 March 1637
- Died
- 14 June 1692
- Occupation
- Novelist, politician
- Spouse
- Lady Yi
- Nationality
- Joseon.
- Fields
- literature and politics.
- Languages
- Korean.
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• Born — 6 March 1637 • Died — 14 June 1692 • Occupation — Novelist, politician • Father — Kim Ik-gyeom • Mother — Lady Yun • Spouse — Lady Yi • Relatives — * Kim Jang-saeng (great-grandfather) • Queen Ingyeong (niece)
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• Hangul — %김만중 • Hanja — 金萬重 • Hangulho — %_서포 • Hanjaho — 西浦 • Hangulja — %_중숙 • Hanjaja — 重叔 Kim Man-jung (6 March 1637 – 14 June 1692), also romanized as Kim Man-choong, was a Korean novelist and politician. He was one of the eminent Neo-Confucian scholars of the Joseon period.
Life and work
Life and work
A member of the yangban class, Kim passed the state civil service examination and rose through the official ranks to become an academic counselor and minister during the reign of King Sukjong. He was exiled twice for involvement in the political factionalism of the time. As a man of letters, his most renowned works were the novels Record of Lady Sa's Trip to the South and The Cloud Dream of the Nine. The former, a novel about family affairs set in China, is a satirical depiction of the political reality of his day and in particular a rebuke of King Sukjong. The latter is one of the most prominent novels of traditional Korea. It is said that Kim wrote The Cloud Dream of the Nine during his second exile. It is an ideal novel dealing with the affairs of life and is centered on the travails of the hero. It has a highly Buddhist overtone, with an emphasis on the transience of worldly glory and pleasure.
Family
Family
• Father • Kim Ik-gyeom (1615 – 16 February 1637) • Mother • Lady Yun of the Haepyeong Yun clan (1617–1689) • Sibling(s) • Older brother - Kim Man-gi (1633 – 15 March 1687) • Wife and children • Lady Yi of the Yeonan Yi clan (1639–1705) • Son - Kim Jin-hwa (1655–1714) • Daughter - Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (1658–?), Yi Yi-myeong's second wife
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1637
Kim Manjung born.
1692
Kim Manjung died at Namhae County.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q496510: Kim Manjung
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- “Kim Man-jung”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500782066, Kim Manjung.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500782066, Kim Manjung.The Getty Research Institute
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He also worked under the name Сопхо. The authorities additionally record the heading Kim Man-jung. His recorded language was Korean. He was the child of Kim Yikgyeom.
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