Kim Ja-jeom

Kim Ja-jeom
김자점
Chief state councillor
In office
1646 – 22 June 1649
Preceded byKim Ryu
Succeeded byYi Gyeong-seok
Left state councillor
In office
3 April 1646 – 12 May 1646
Preceded byHong Seo-bong
Succeeded byKim Sang-hyeon
In office
29 December 1643 – 10 April 1644
Preceded bySim Gi-won
Succeeded bySim Yeol
Right state councillor
In office
21 June 1643 – 14 January 1644
Preceded bySim Gi-won
Succeeded byYi Gyeong-yeo
Personal details
Born1588
Died27 January 1652(1652-01-27) (aged 63–64)
Spouse(s)Lady, of the Hwangju Byeon clan
Unnamed woman
Unnamed concubine
ChildrenKim Ryeon (son)
Kim Sik (son)
Kim Jeong (son)
Parents
  • Kim Tak (father)
  • Lady, of the Gigye Yu clan (mother)
Korean name
Hangul
김자점
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Jajeom
McCune–ReischauerKim Cha-jŏm
Art name
Hangul
낙서
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNakseo
McCune–ReischauerNaksŏ
Courtesy name
Hangul
성지
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongji
McCune–ReischauerSŏngji

Kim Ja-jeom (Korean김자점; 1588 – 27 January 1652) was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon dynasty period and Ming-Qing transition. He was one of the disciples of Seong Hon and came from the Andong Kim clan.

He was Joseon's chief state councillor from 1645 to 1650,[citation needed] and was an ancestor of Kim Ku, a famous Korean independence activist.[1]

In 1646, threatened by the return of Im Gyeong-eop to the capital, Kim Ja-jeom paid soldiers to assassinate Im Gyeong-eop.

  1. ^ Son, Sae-il (16 December 2003), "孫世一의 비교 傳記 (1)" [Son Sae-il's Comparative Critical Biography (1)], Monthly Chosun (in Korean), archived from the original on 1 May 2023, retrieved 1 May 2023