Yi San-hae

Yi San-hae
이산해
Chief State Councillor
In office
6 March 1600 – 9 June 1600
Preceded byYi Won-ik
Succeeded byYi Hang-bok
In office
1590 – 10 June 1592
Preceded byRyu Jeon
Succeeded byRyu Seong-ryong
Left State Councillor
In office
16 March 1589 – 11 March 1590
Preceded byRyu Jeon
Succeeded byJeong Cheol
Right State Councillor
In office
19 November 1588 – 16 March 1589
Preceded byRyu Jeon
Succeeded byJeong Eon-sin
Personal details
Born(1539-07-20)20 July 1539
Hansŏng, Joseon
Died2 August 1609(1609-08-02) (aged 70)
Political partyEasterners, later Northerners
SpouseLady Jo of the Yangju Jo clan
ChildrenYi Gyeong-baek
Yi Gyeong-jeon
Yi Gyeong-sin
Yi Gyeong-yu
4 daughters
Parents
  • Yi Ji-beon (father)
  • Lady Namof the Uiryeong Nam clan (biological)
    Lady Ji of the Chungju Ji clan (step) (mother)
EducationSiknyeon Liberal Arts Department graduated in 1561
OccupationWriter
Poet
Civil servant
Korean name
Hangul
이산해
Hanja
李山海
Revised RomanizationI Sanhae
McCune–ReischauerI Sanhae
Art name
Hangul
아계, 종남수옹, 죽피옹, 시촌거사
Hanja
鵝溪, 終南睡翁, 竹皮翁, 枾村居士
Revised RomanizationAgye, Jongnamsuong, Jukpiong, Sichongeosa
McCune–ReischauerAgye, Chongnamsuong, Chukp'iong, Sich'on'gŏsa
Courtesy name
Hangul
여수
Hanja
汝受
Revised RomanizationYeosu
McCune–ReischauerYŏsu
Posthumous name
Hangul
문충
Hanja
文忠
Revised RomanizationMunchung
McCune–ReischauerMunch'ung

Yi Sanhae (Korean이산해; Hanja李山海; 20 July 1539 – 1609) was a Korean politician, scholar, writer and poet[1] of the Joseon period who came from the Hansan Yi clan. He served as the Chief State Councilor of Joseon from 1590 to 1592 and 1600. Yi was a member of the political faction the Easterners and when this split into the Northerners and Southerners, Yi became leader of the Northerners faction.

  1. ^ Hoyt, James (2000). Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons: A Historical Survey of Korean Classical Literature. Jimoondang International. ISBN 9780970548122. Another poet of note was Yi San-hae.... His vernacular verses have made him the most celebrated of Korean poets.