Seong Hon

Seong Hon
Hangul	성혼
Hanja	成渾
Revised Romanization	Seong Hon
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏng Hon
Art name
Hangul	우계, 묵암
Hanja	牛溪, 默庵
Revised Romanization	Ugye, Mugam
McCune–Reischauer	Ugye, Mukam
Courtesy name
Hangul	호원
Hanja	浩原
Revised Romanization	Howon
McCune–Reischauer	Howŏn
Posthumous name
Hangul	문간
Hanja	文簡
Revised Romanization	Mungan
McCune–Reischauer	Mun'gan

Seong Hon (Korean: 성혼; Hanja: 成渾; 25 June 1535 – 6 June 1598) was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was a Neo-Confucianist scholar who was a close friend of the scholar Yi I (Yulgok) and an older contemporary of Yi Hwang (Toegye), leader of the country's "western faction" (seoin 서인, 西人) of the period.^[1]

Seong Hon is often referred to by his stylized name of Ugye ("bull valley") and Mugam ("black stone"). He gained eminence not only as a scholar but as a revered politician and reformer, attaining the position of Fourth State Councillor/Vice Prime Minister (Jwachanseong 左贊成) in the Joseon State Council (uijeongbu).^[2] Seong Hon came from the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨; 昌寧成氏).

Selected works

"Ugye jip" (우계집; 牛溪集) (Works of Ugye)
"Jumun jigyeol" (주문지결; 朱門旨訣)
"Wihak jibang" (위학지방; 爲學之方)

Family

He was the great-grandfather of Yun Jeung through the marriage of his daughter, Lady Seong. She married Yun Hwang and produced a son, Yun Seon-geo, who eventually became the parents of Yun Jeung.

Father
- Seong Su-chim (성수침; 成守琛; 6 March 1493 – 7 February 1564); he and his brother became the students of Jo Gwang-jo
Mother
- Lady Yun of the Papyeong Yun clan (파평 윤씨; 坡平尹氏)
Sibling(s)
- Younger sister - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨)
Spouse - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨; 高靈申氏)
Issue
- Son - Seong Mun-yeong (성문영; 成文泳)
- Son - Seong Mun-jun (성문준; 成文濬; 1559–1623)
  - Grandson - Seong Yeok (성역; 成櫟)
  - Granddaughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨)
  - Grandson - Seong Ik (성익; 成杙)
  - Granddaughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨; 1591–1627)
  - Grandson - Seong Jik (성직, 成㮨)
  - Granddaughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨)
- Daughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨)
  - Son-in-law - Nam Gung-myeong (남궁명; 南宮蓂)
  - Unnamed granddaughter
  - Unnamed granddaughter
  - Unnamed grandson
  - Unnamed grandson
  - Unnamed granddaughter
  - Unnamed grandson
- Unnamed son
- Unnamed son
- Unnamed son
- Daughter - Lady Seong of the Changnyeong Seong clan (창녕 성씨)
  - Son-in-law - Yun Hwang (윤황; 尹煌; 1572–1639)
    - Grandson - Yun Hun-geo (윤훈거; 尹勛擧)
    - Grandson - Yun Sun-geo (윤순거; 尹舜擧; 1596–1668)
    - Grandson - Yun Sang-geo (윤상거; 尹商擧)
    - Grandson - Yun Mun-geo (윤문거; 尹文擧; 1606–1672)
    - Grandson - Yun Seon-geo (윤선거; 尹宣擧; 1610 – 21 April 1669)
      - Great-Grandson - Yun Jeung (윤증; 尹拯; 1629 – 30 January 1714)
    - Grandson - Yun Min-geo (윤민거; 尹民擧)
    - Grandson - Yun Gyeong-geo (윤경거; 尹耕擧)
    - Grandson - Yun Si-geo (윤시거; 尹時擧)
    - Granddaughter - Lady Yun (윤씨)