Kim Jang-saeng

Korean scholar (1548–1631)

Korean name
Kim Jang-saeng

Hangul	김장생
Hanja	金長生
Revised Romanization	Gim Jangsaeng
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Changsaeng
Art name
Hangul	사계
Hanja	沙溪
Revised Romanization	Sagye
McCune–Reischauer	Sagye
Courtesy name
Hangul	희원, 희지
Hanja	希元, 希之
Revised Romanization	Huiwon, Huiji
McCune–Reischauer	Hŭiwŏn, Huiji

Kim Jang-saeng (Korean: 김장생; 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]

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

Family

Father
- Kim Gye-hwi (김계휘; 金繼輝; 1526–1582)
Mother
- Lady Shin of the Pyeongsan Shin clan (평산 신씨; 1533–1618)
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

References

^ 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 ..."