Shin Suk-ju ( ko, 신숙주,

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: ; August 2, 1417 – July 23, 1475) was a

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politician during the

Joseon Dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

. He served as Prime Minister from 1461 to 1466 and again from 1471 to 1475. He came from the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏). Shin was an accomplished

polyglot Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingualism, monolingual speakers in the World population, world's pop ...

, and was particularly well educated in the

Chinese language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the wor ...

.Handel (2014): 294. He served as a personal linguistic expert to

King Sejong Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), personal name Yi Do (Korean: 이도; Hanja: 李祹), widely known as Sejong the Great (Korean: 세종대왕; Hanja: 世宗大王), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Initial ...

, and was intimately involved in the creation and application of the Korean alphabet known in modern times as

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

. Shin used the newly created hangul system to create an accurate transcription of spoken

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language of ...

in 15th century

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China. These transcriptions haven proven accurate and reliable, and his transcriptions are now "an invaluable source of information on the pronunciations of Ming-era andarin"

Family

* Great-Grandfather ** Shin Sa-gyeong (신사경, 申思敬) * Grandfather ** Shin Po-si (신포시, 申包翅) (1361 - 1432) * Grandmother ** Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (경주 김씨, 慶州金氏) * Father ** Shin Jang (신장, 申檣) (1382 - 8 February 1433) *** Uncle - Shin Pyeong (신평, 申枰) *** Uncle - Shin Je (신제, 申梯) * Mother ** Lady Jeong of the Naju Jeong clan (나주 정씨, 羅州丁氏) *** Grandfather - Jeong Yu (정유, 鄭有) * Siblings ** Older brother - Shin Maeng-ju (신맹주, 申孟舟) ** Older brother - Shin Jung-ju (신중주, 申仲舟) (1412 - 1447) ** Older sister - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏) *** Brother-in-law - Jo Hyo-mun (조효문) (? - 1462) ** Younger brother - Shin Song-ju (신송주, 申松舟) (1419 - 1464) ** Younger brother - Shin Mal-ju (신말주, 申末舟) (1429 - 1503) * Wife and children ** Princess Consort Musong of the Musong Yun clan (무송군부인 무송 윤씨) (? - 23 January 1456) *** Son - Shin Ju (신주, 申澍) (1434 - 21 February 1456) **** Daughther-in-law - Lady Han of the Cheongju Han clan (청주 한씨, 淸州韓氏) ***** Grandson - Shin Jong-heub (신종흡, 申從洽) (1454 - ?) ***** Grandson - Shin Jong-ok (신종옥, 申從沃) (1455 - ) ***** Grandson - Shin Jong-ho (신종호, 申從濩) (1456 – 1497) ****** Granddaughter-in-law - Lady Yi of the Jeonju Yi clan (전주 이씨, 全主李氏) (? - 1539) ******* Great-Grandson - Shin Hang (신항) (1477 - 1507) ******** Great Granddaughter-in-law - Yi Su-ran, Princess Hyesuk (혜숙옹주, 惠淑翁主) (1478–?) ******** Adoptive Great-Great-grandson - Shin Su-gyeong (신수경, 申秀涇) (1501 - ?) ********* Adoptive Great-Great-Great-grandson - Shin Ui, Lord Yeongchan (영천위, 靈川尉 신의, 申檥) (1530 - 1584) ********** Adoptive Great-Great-Great Granddaughter-in-law - Yi Ok-hyeon, Princess Gyeonghyeon (경현공주) (1530 - 1584) *** Son - Shin Myeon (신면, 申沔) (? - 21 May 1467) **** Daughter-in-law - Lady Jeong (정씨) ***** Grandson - Shin Yong-gwan (신용관, 申用灌) (1459 - ?) ***** Grandson - Shin Yong-gae (신용개, 申用漑) (5 October 1463 - 1519) ***** Granddaughter - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏) ****** Grandson-in-law - Kang Han-son (강학손, 姜鶴孫) *** Son - Shin Chan (신찬, 申澯) **** Granddaughter - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏) ***** Grandson-in-law - Jeong Yu-kang (정유강, 鄭有綱) *** Son - Shin Jeong (신정, 申瀞) (1442 - 24 April 1482) **** Daughter-in-law - Lady Yi of the Jeonju Yi clan (전주 이씨) ***** Grandson - Shin Yeong-hong (신영홍, 申永洪) (1469 - ?) ***** Grandson - Shin Yeong-cheol (신영철, 申永澈) (1471 - ?) *** Son - Shin Jun (신준, 申浚) (1444 - ?) **** Daughter-in-law - Lady Yu (유씨, 柳氏) ***** Grandson - Shin Bok-sun (신복순, 申復淳) (1464 - ?) ***** Granddaughter - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏) ****** Grandson-in-law - Yi Byeon, Prince Geumcheon (금천군 이변) *** Son - Shin Bu (신부, 申溥) (1446 - ?) ***** Granddaughter - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏) ****** Grandson-in-law - Jo Su-kang (조수강, 趙壽崗) *** Son - Shin Hyeong (신형, 申泂) (1449 - ?) **** Daughter-in-law - Lady Jeong of the Yeonil Jeong clan (연일 정씨, 延日鄭氏)The clan was also known as the Yeongil Jeong clan (영일 정씨, 迎日鄭氏) or the Ohcheon Jeong clan (오천 정씨, 烏川鄭氏) ***** Grandson - Shin Gwang-yun (신광윤, 申光潤) (24 September 1468 - 15 October 1554) ***** Grandson - Shin Gwang-han (신광한, 申光漢) *** Son - Shin Pil (신필, 申泌) (1454 - ?) **** Grandson - Shin Se-yeon (신세연, 申世淵) (1473 - ?) **** Grandson - Shin Se-gwang (신세광, 申世洸) (1474 - ?) *** Daughter - Lady Shin of the Goryeong Shin clan (고령 신씨, 高靈申氏) (1455 - ?) **** Son-in-law - Shin Myeong-su (신명수, 申命壽) * Concubine ** Lady Bae (배씨, 裵氏) *** Son - Shin Pil (신필, 申潔) *** Daughter - Royal Consort Suk-won of the Goryeong Shin clan (숙원 신씨, 淑媛申氏) **** Son-in-law -

Sejo of Joseon Sejo of Joseon (2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468), personal name Yi Yu (Korean: 이유; Hanja: 李瑈), sometimes known as Grand Prince Suyang (Korean: 수양대군; Hanja: 首陽大君), was the seventh ruler of the Joseon dynasty of K ...

(조선 세조) (2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468)

Popular culture

* Portrayed by Lee Hyo-jung in the 2011

KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...

TV series ''

The Princess' Man ''The Princess' Man'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series, starring Park Si-hoo, Moon Chae-won, Kim Yeong-cheol, Song Jong-ho, Hong Soo-hyun and Lee Soon-jae. It's a period drama about the forbidden romance between the daughter of Gra ...

''.

References

;Footnotes ;Works Cited *Handel, Zev (2014). "Why Did Sin Sukju Transcribe the Coda of the ''Yào'' 藥 Rime of 15th Century Guānhuà with the Letter ㅸ ?". ''Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text'', eds. Richard VanNess Simmons, Newell Ann Van Auken. ''Language and Linguistics Monograph Series'' 53. Taipei: Academia Sinica, pp. 293–308.

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