Kim Jip

A letter of Kim Jip

Kim Jip
Hangul	김집
Hanja	金集
Revised Romanization	Kim Jip
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chip
Pen name
Hangul	신독, 신독재
Hanja	愼獨, 愼獨齋
Revised Romanization	Sindog,Sindogjae
McCune–Reischauer	Shindok,Shindokjae
Courtesy name
Hangul	사강
Hanja	士剛
Revised Romanization	Sagang
McCune–Reischauer	Sakang
Posthumous name
Hangul	문경
Hanja	文敬
Revised Romanization	Mun-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Mun-kyŏng
Clan Origin
Hangul	광산
Hanja	光山
Revised Romanization	Gwangsan
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangsan

Kim Jip (1574–1656)^[1] was a Korean Joseon Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, educator and writer. He was from the Gwangsan Kim clan. He was the son of Sagye Kim Jang-saeng and the grand uncle of Kim Man-jung. His mother was from the Chang-nyeong Jo clan (창녕조씨, 昌寧曺氏), the daughter of Jo Dae-geon (조대건, 曺大乾) He was also the teacher of Song Si-yeol and Song Jun-gil, great Korean Neo-Confucian scholars. He was granted the honor of Munmyo Bae-hyang (문묘배향) sage-scholar^[2] and was put in the Confucian shrine. Thus, making him one of the 18 sages of Korea. He also married the daughter of famous scholar Yi I from the Deoksu Yi clan (덕수이씨, 德水李氏).

Works

• Shindokjaejip (신독재집)
• Uiryemunhaesok (의례문해속, 疑禮問解續)

See also

• Gwangsan Kim clan
• Seong Hon
• Kim jang-saeng
• Queen Ingyeong
• Kim Manjung
• Yi I
• Kim Ikhun
• Song Jun-gil
• Song Si-yeol
• Yun Seon-geo
• Yun Hyu
• Yun Jeung

Notes

1. Joseon Annals, May 13, 1656. No. 2
2. Joseon Annals, November 20, 1883. No. 1

References

• Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674179820; OCLC 40926015
• Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231079129; ISBN 9780231079143; ISBN 9780231104449; OCLC 26353271
• Noh, Daehwan. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal. Winter 2003.