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Yu Seong-ryong

Type Figure Region Joseon Time 1542–1607 Also known as Seoam

Yu Seong-ryong (1542—1607), Joseon scholar-statesman and Chief State Councillor under King Seonjo, who led the northern campaigns and wrote the Imjin…

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  1. 1581–1583Hanseong · HanseongIn the early 1580s Yu Seong-ryong successively held the posts of Minister of Personnel and Minister of Rites, taking part in official selection and reform of ritual institutions, emerging as a leading figure of the Eastern Faction at court.
  2. 1583–1584Hamgyeong Province · Hamgyeong ProvinceAs Chief State Councillor Yu Seong-ryong was ordered to direct the third northern campaign, coordinating forces from various quarters to campaign against the Jurchens; after the war he returned to the capital to continue directing military and state affairs, consolidating the authority of King Seonjo's central government.
  3. 1589–1590Hanseong · HanseongDuring the Gimyo Literati Purge Yu Seong-ryong repeatedly memorialized King Seonjo urging him not to slaughter the scholar-officials indiscriminately; though he could not fully halt the purge, he saved a number of ministers, and afterward pressed for stabilizing court politics and strengthening frontier defenses against the Japanese threat.

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