Sin Sukchu

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Sin Sukchu 신숙주
Chief State Councillor
In office December 4, 1471 – July 23, 1475
Preceded by	Yun Ja-un
Succeeded by	Jeong Chang-son
In office June 17, 1462 – May 31, 1466
Preceded by	Jeong Chang-son
Succeeded by	Gu Chi-gwan
Left State Councillor
In office November 30, 1459 – June 17, 1462
Preceded by	Kang Maeng-gyeong
Succeeded by	Gwon Ram
Right State Councillor
In office January 11, 1459 – November 30, 1459
Preceded by	Kang Maeng-gyeong
Succeeded by	Gwon Ram
Personal details
Born	(1417-08-02)August 2, 1417
Died	July 23, 1475(1475-07-23) (aged 57)
Korean name
Hangul	신숙주
Hanja	申叔舟
Revised Romanization	Sin Sukju
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Sukchu
Art name
Hangul	희현당 or 보한재
Hanja	希賢堂 or 保閑齋
Revised Romanization	Huihyeondang or Bohanjae
McCune–Reischauer	Hŭihyŏndang or Pohanjae
Courtesy name
Hangul	범옹
Hanja	泛翁
Revised Romanization	Beomong
McCune–Reischauer	Pŏmong
Posthumous name
Hangul	문충
Hanja	文忠
Revised Romanization	Munchung
McCune–Reischauer	Munch'ung

Sin Sukchu (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.

See also

• Han Myŏnghoe
• Chŏng Inji
• Kwŏn Ram
• Hong Yun-seong
• Hong Tal-son

References

1. Handel (2014): 294.
2. 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.

External links

• Sin Sukchu (in Korean)
• Sin Sukchu – Britannica (in Korean)
• Sin Sukchu – Nate (in Korean)