Biography:Choe Myeong-gil

Choe Myeong-gil 최명길
Chief State Councillor
In office August 27, 1642 – December 8, 1642
Preceded by	Yi Seong-gu
Succeeded by	Sin Gyeong-jin
In office 1638 – February 6, 1640
Preceded by	Yi Hong-ju
Succeeded by	Hong Seo-bong
Left State Councillor
In office August 26, 1637 – October 19, 1638
Preceded by	Yi Seong-gu
Succeeded by	Sin Gyeong-jin
Right State Councillor
In office May 3, 1637 – 1637
Preceded by	Yi Seong-gu
Succeeded by	Jang Yu
Personal details
Born	(1586-10-07)October 7, 1586
Died	June 19, 1647(1647-06-19) (aged 60)
Pen name
Hangul	지천, 창랑
Hanja	遲川, 滄浪
Revised Romanization	Jicheon, Changrang
McCune–Reischauer	Chich'ŏn, Ch'angrang

Choe Myeong-gil (Korean: 최명길; Hanja: 崔鳴吉; 1586 – June 19, 1647) was a Korean Joseon Dynasty politician and Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yangmingist school. He served as the Joseon prime minister from 1638 to 1640 and 1642 to 1644.

Works

• Jicheon Yujip (지천유집 遲川遺集)
• Jicheon Jucha (지천주차 遲川奏箚)

In popular culture

• Portrayed by Kim Ha-kyun in the 2013 JTBC TV series Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers.
• Portrayed by Jeon No-min in the 2014 tvN TV series The Three Musketeers.
• Portrayed by Im Ho in the 2015 MBC TV series Splendid Politics.
• Portrayed by Lee Byung-hun in the 2017 film The Fortress.

See also

• Kim Jip
• Kim Yuk

External links

• Choe Myeong-gil:Navercast (in Korean)
• Choe Myeong-gil, Korean historical person information (in Korean)
• Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN:9780674179820; OCLC 40926015
• Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN:9780231079129; ISBN:9780231079143; ISBN:9780231104449; OCLC 26353271
• Noh, Daehwan. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal. Winter 2003.