Kim Man-jung (

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: 김만중,

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: 金萬重; 6 March 1637 – 14 June 1692) was a Korean novelist and politician. He was one of the eminent

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scholars of the

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Life and work

A member of the '' yangban class'', Kim passed the state civil service examination and rose through the official ranks to become an academic counselor and minister during the reign of King Sukjong. He was exiled twice for involvement in the political factionalism of the time. As a man of letters, his most renowned works were the novels " Record of Lady Sa's Trip to the South" and "

The Cloud Dream of the Nine ''The Cloud Dream of the Nine'' (Hangul: 구운몽, Hanja: 九雲夢) by Kim Man-jung is a 17th-century Korean novel set in the Chinese Tang Dynasty (although there have been some arguments about whether Kim was the original author ). It has been ...

". The former is a novel about family affairs set in China, but it is also a satirical depiction of the political reality of his day, and in particular a rebuke of King Sukjong. The latter is one of the most prominent novels of traditional Korea. It is said that Kim wrote ''The Cloud Dream of the Nine'' during his second exile. It is an ideal novel dealing with the affairs of life and is centered on the travails of the hero. It has a highly Buddhist overtone, with an emphasis on the transience of worldly glory and pleasure.

Family

* Father ** Kim Ik-gyeom (김익겸, 金益兼) (1614 – 16 February 1637) * Mother ** Lady Yun of the Haepyeong Yun clan (해평 윤씨, 海平尹氏) (1617 – 1689) * Wife and children ** Lady Yi of the Yeonan Yi clan (연안 이씨)Daughter of Yi Eun-sang (이은상) *** Daughter: Lady Kim of the Gwangsan Kim clan (광산 김씨, 光山金氏) **** Son-in-law: Yi Yi-myeong of the

Jeonju Yi clan The Jeonju Yi clan () is a Korean clan with the surname Yi. Their Bon-gwan is in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. The clan includes the former House of Yi which ruled the Joseon dynasty and the Korean Empire. Their founder was Yi Han (). His des ...

(이이명 전주 이씨, 李頤命全州李氏) (2 February 1658 – 13 June 1722) *** Son: Kim Jin-hwa (김진화, 金鎭華)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Man-jung 1637 births 1692 deaths Korean novelists Korean politicians Korean Confucianists Gwangsan Kim clan 17th-century Korean poets

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