Shin Suk-ju

Korean politician (1417–1475)

신숙주

Chief State CouncillorIn office
December 4, 1471 – July 23, 1475Preceded byYun Ja-unSucceeded byJeong Chang-sonIn office
June 17, 1462 – May 31, 1466Preceded byJeong Chang-sonSucceeded byGu Chi-gwanLeft State CouncillorIn office
November 30, 1459 – June 17, 1462Preceded byKang Maeng-gyeongSucceeded byGwon RamRight State CouncillorIn office
January 11, 1459 – November 30, 1459Preceded byKang Maeng-gyeongSucceeded byGwon Ram Personal detailsBorn(1417-08-02)August 2, 1417DiedJuly 23, 1475(1475-07-23) (aged 57)Korean nameHangul

신숙주

Hanja

申叔舟

Revised RomanizationSin Suk-juMcCune–ReischauerShin Suk-chuArt nameHangul

희현당 or 보한재

Hanja

希賢堂 or 保閑齋

Revised RomanizationHuihyeondang or BohanjaeMcCune–ReischauerHŭihyŏndang or PohanjaeCourtesy nameHangul

범옹

Hanja

泛翁

Revised RomanizationBeomongMcCune–ReischauerPŏmongPosthumous name Hangul

문충

Hanja

文忠

Revised RomanizationMunchungMcCune–ReischauerMunch'ung

Shin Suk-ju Korean: 신숙주; Hanja: 申叔舟; August 2, 1417 – July 23, 1475) was a Korean politician during the Joseon period. He served as Prime Minister from 1461 to 1466 and again from 1471 to 1475. He came from the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨; 高靈申氏).

Shin was an accomplished polyglot, and was particularly well educated in the Chinese language.^[1] He served as a personal linguistic expert to King Sejong, and was intimately involved in the creation and application of the Korean alphabet known in modern times as Hangul.^[1] Shin used the newly created hangul system to create an accurate transcription of spoken Mandarin Chinese in 15th century Ming dynasty China.^[1]^[2] These transcriptions haven proven accurate and reliable, and his transcriptions are now "an invaluable source of information on the pronunciations of Ming-era [Mandarin]."^[1]

Family

Father
- Shin Jang (신장; 申檣; 1382 – 8 February 1433)
Mother
- Lady Jeong of the Naju Jeong clan (나주 정씨; 羅州丁氏) (1390–?)
Siblings
- Older brother - Shin Maeng-ju (신맹주; 申孟舟) (1410–?)
- Older brother - Shin Jung-ju (신중주; 申仲舟; 1413–1447)
- Older sister - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨; 高靈申氏) (1415–?)
- Younger sister - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨; 高靈申氏) (1417–?)
- Younger brother - Shin Song-ju (신송주; 申松舟; 1420–1464)
- Younger brother - Shin Mal-ju (신말주; 申末舟; 1429–1503)
Wife and children
- Princess Consort Musong of the Musong Yun clan (무송군부인 무송 윤씨; 1420 – 23 January 1456); daughter of Yun Gyeong-yeon (윤경연; 尹景淵)
  - Son - Shin Ju (신주; 申澍; 1434 – 21 February 1456)
  - Son - Shin Myeon (신면; 申沔; 1438 – 21 May 1467)
  - Son - Shin Chan (신찬; 申澯) (1440–?)
  - Son - Shin Jeong (신정; 申瀞; 1442 – 24 April 1482)
  - Son - Shin Jun (신준; 申浚; 1444 – 1509)
  - Son - Shin Bu (신부; 申溥; 1446 – 1487)
  - Son - Shin Hyeong (신형; 申泂; 1449–?)
  - Son - Shin Pil (신필; 申泌; 1454 – 1518)
  - Daughter - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨; 高靈申氏; 1455 – ?)
Concubine
- Lady Bae (배씨; 裵氏) (1429–?)
  - Son - Shin Pil (신필; 申潔) (1451–?)
  - Daughter - Royal Consort Suk-won of the Goryeong Shin clan (숙원 신씨; 淑媛申氏) (1455–?)
    - Son-in-law - Sejo of Joseon (조선 세조; 2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468)

Popular culture

Portrayed by Lee Hyo-jung in the 2011 KBS2 TV series The Princess' Man.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Handel (2014): 294.
^ Coblin, W. South (2000), "A Brief History of Mandarin", Journal of the American Oriental Society, 120 (4): 537–552, doi:10.2307/606615, JSTOR 606615

Sources

Handel, Zev (2014). "Why Did Sin Sukju Transcribe the Coda of the Yào 藥 Rime of 15th Century Guānhuà with the Letter ㅸ <f>?". Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text, eds. Richard VanNess Simmons, Newell Ann Van Auken. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 53. Taipei: Academia Sinica, pp. 293–308.