Kimseo-po

…A Korean civil servant and writer of the Yi Dynasty. His pen name was Jungsook and his pen name was Seopo. His father was Kim Ik-gyeom, who died in the Byeongja Invasion (1636) on Ganghwa Island, and his mother, Yun Do-su, was the granddaughter of Yun Do-su, a successive prime minister. After her husband died, her mother provided for the education of her two children (Mangi and Manjung) herself, and Manjung, who never knew his father, is said to have respected and been filial to his mother throughout his life. He held the ranks of Minister of Artisans and Grand Commissioner, but as a Westerner in the party strife, his official fortunes were affected by the rise and fall of Westerners. At the age of 47, when the king (Sukjong) favored a court lady named Jang, Manjung disapproved of her during a royal ceremony, which angered the king and led to him being exiled to Seoncheon. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kimseopo" is listed below.

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…朝鮮，李朝の文臣，作家。字は重叔，号は西浦。父は丙子の乱(1636)のとき江華島で殉節した金益謙，母の尹（いん）氏は歴代宰相家であった尹斗寿の孫女。母は夫なきあと，2人の子(万基，万重)の教育をみずから施し，父を知らない万重は生涯母への尊敬と孝心があつかったという。官は工曹判書，大司憲にまで至ったが，党争のなかで西人派であった彼の官運は西人勢力の盛衰に左右された。47歳のとき，王(粛宗)が宮女の張氏を寵愛したのを，万重は経筵の席上でいさめたため王の怒りを買い宣川に流配された。…

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