Yi Sun-sin | |
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Native name | 이순신 |
Nickname(s) | Ipbu |
Born | Siheung, Joseon Korea | January 30, 1554
Died | September 11, 1611 Jeonju, Joseon Korea | (aged 57)
Allegiance | Joseon Korea |
Rank | Second junior rank (종2품) |
Battles / wars | Imjin war |
Yi Sun-sin | |
Hunminjeongeum | 이순신 |
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Hanja | 李純信 |
Revised Romanization | I Sunsin |
McCune–Reischauer | I Sunsin |
Courtesy name | |
Hunminjeongeum | 입부 |
Hanja | 立夫 |
Revised Romanization | Ipbu |
McCune–Reischauer | Ippu |
Posthumous name | |
Hunminjeongeum | 무의 |
Hanja | 武毅 |
Revised Romanization | Muui |
McCune–Reischauer | Muŭi |
Yi Sun-sin (Korean: 이순신; Hanja: 李純信; January 30, 1554 – September 11, 1611) was a Korean military official of the mid-Joseon period. He was a general under Admiral Yi Sun-sin during the Imjin war.