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Yi Sun-Shin was born
into the family of a civil official.
At the age of 32 he passed the military
service examination. He then followed
the life of a military man. Yi Sun-Shin
began his first official service as
the Gwonggwan of Donggubibo the same
year, but his life as a public official
wasn’t smooth. He wasn’t promoted properly
because of his conviction on the definite
classification on public and private
affairs and his clear attitude on right
and wrong. He sometimes incurred the
hatred of seniors and even worse; he
fought in wars without an official title.
It was as if he was being deprived of
an official title.
One year before the Japanese invasion
in 1592, he became the Jeolla Jwasusa,
which was the commander of the naval
forces in the left sea of Jeollanam-Do.
He waspromoted from Jeongeum Hyeonsam,
a second military rank, to the third
court rank, because of the aggressive
recommendations from Seoae Yu Seong-Ryong.
He was a close friend and supporter
for a long time. After his appointment,
his perspectives on the war, his development
of firearms and the maintenance of provisions
became the foundations for saving the
country from the Japanese invasion.
In 1592, After the Japanese invasion,
Yi Sun-Shin achieved distinguished victories
after defeating 359 Japanese battleships
killing about 30,000 Japanese solders
in four wars within one year. |
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and tactics, he achieved the world best
triumphs by sinking about 700 battleships
and capturing 23 battleships during
the entire period of war. During the
Japanese invasion three great victories
were, the Hansando, the Haneju, and
the Jinju. |
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Yi
Baek |
Jeong |
Hui-Shin |
Roe |
Bun |
Beon |
Wan |
Yo-Shin |
Bong |
Hae |
Sun-Shin |
Hoe |
Yeol |
Myeon |
Hun |
Shin |
Wu-Shin |
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Yi Sun-Shin was the 12th descendant
in Deoksu Yi family. The founder of his family was
Yi Dong-Su. He was
the Sinhowi Jungrangjang, during King Gojong’s reign,
in the mid Goryeo dynasty. His ancestor were not
identified and the only record about the expedition
during the invasion of Georan in 1218 remains in
the history of The Goryeo Dynasty. When the name
of The Joseon Dynasty changed in the fourth ancestor
of Yi Sun-Shin, his family was distinguished as
a civil service family. The Deoksu Yi family produced:
105 civil officials, 7 ministers, 5 Daejehak, 5
meritorious retainers and 2 clean handed government
officials during the Joseon Dynasty. The Deoksu
Yi family flourished for almost three hundred years,
from King Junjong’s reign to King Yeongjo’s reign.
Yi Byeon, the seventh ancestor of Yi Sun-Shin(李邊)1)
was the Daejehak of Hongmungwan Yeongjungchubusa.
His great grandfather, Yi Geo, passed the Siknyeon
examination and filled various government posts.
These posts included: Hongmungwan Suchan, Saganwon
Jeongeon, Saheonbu Jangryeong and Yijo Jwarang.
He was well known as the “Tiger Jangryeong” because
of his strict impeachments and disputes.
The grandfather of Yi Sun-Shin, Yi Baek-Nok, endured
the adversities because of Literati Purge in 1591.2)
Yi Jeong, the father of Yi Sun-Shin, spent his life
as an ordinary man without an official position.
The family fortune was diminishing. Yi Jeong was
said to have worked as a Byeongjeolgowi, which is
a lower military servant. It was considered to be
an honorary or temporary posting not a regular posting.
Yi Sun-Shin’s mother was from the Chogye Byeon family.
Yi Sun-Shin’s brothers were Hui-Shin, Yo-Shin, and
Wu-Shin.
The Deoksu Yi family was considered as several prominent
clans. These clans included, the Yi Sun-Shin, the
Yi Yul-Gok(栗谷) and the Yi Sik(李植 : 1584 to 1647).
The Yi Sun-Shin and the Yi Yul-Gok were divided
from the fourth ancestor. Yi Sun-Shin was the 12th
descendant and Yi Yul-Gok was the 13th. Their family
relationship was uncle and nephew in the 19th kinship.
Yi Yul-Gok and Yi Sik were divided from the great
grandfather’s of Yi Yul-Gok. Yi Sik was the 15th
descendant. Yi Sun-Shin was great grandfather of
Yi Sik
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