Post by skinz on Nov 3, 2005 9:52:13 GMT -5
Choko started something great in another thread and I thought I would add on some things to make it better for those who feel left out on certain characters future in real life.
King Sun-jo (1552~1608) died 10 years after the war. He married a teenage girl after his wife died and she gave him the first and only legitimate son, Prince Young-chang. It was no wonder the little prince would be a threat to Crown prince Gwang-hae who was born of a concubine. That was the beginning of another tragedy.
Crown prince Gwang-hae (1575~1641) is known as one of the most excellent diplomats in the history of Korea. He did his best to avoid war with Manchuria and secretly negotiated with them (Later, they founded Ching China) while helping his ally Ming China. However, Gwang-hae murdered his little half brother (the legitimate prince) to avoid political confusion, which provided some conservative ministers who favored Ming China and disliked his secret negotiation with Manchuria a plausible excuse to carry out a coup against him. He was deposed and sent into exile.
The coup caused a tragedy not only to him but also to the entire Chosun kingdom---a new war with the Manchuria (1636~1637). Hundreds of thousands of Chosunese people were killed again like the 7-year war, and Chosun finally surrendered to the Manchurians 40 years after the Imjin war. Admiral YSS & Prince Gwang-hae must have shed blood tears in the grave or under confinement.
Prime minister Yu Sung-ryong (1542~1607) never returned to the political world after the war even though the king called for him to come back several times. He wrote a book titled "The Book of Corrections" where he recorded the cause, progress, and result of the 7-year war as he saw it. He lived a poor but honest life and is highly regarded as a cleanhanded government officer.
Korea's National Treasure #132, Prime Minister Yu Sung-ryong's The Book of Corrections.
(English translated version of the "Book of Corrections" in Amazon.com)
Left prime minister Yun Du-soo (1533~1601) died 3 years after the war. After the resignation of Yu Sung-ryong, he became a new prime minister but retired from the political life so soon.
Unlike the drama, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536~1598) peacefully died in his bed. At the dying hour, he asked Tokugawa Ieyasu(1542~1616) to look after his little son, Hideyori, as a guardian, but Tokugawa and other samurais betrayed Hideyoshi's last will and fought for supremacy. Tokugawa won the battle of Sekigahara (1600) and became the ruler of Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate lasted for about 250 years while the Toyotomi family was terminated in 1615 by the sucide of Hideyori and his mother, Yodo dono.
Wakizaka Yasuharu (1554～1626) returned to Japan after the battle of Noryang. He joined the battle of Sekigahara (1600) as a supporter of his lord's son, but in the middle of the battle, he turned to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He left some records about the battle with YSS, which were used to make this drama.
Konish Yukinaga(?~1600), the Christian samurai, took side with his lord's little son and was taken alive after being defeated in the battle of Sekigahara (1600). He stuck to his Christian belief by choosing to be beheaded rather than committing suicide. (It was a shame for a Samurai to be beheaded) so that he was canonized for a saint by the Roman Catholic church.
Chen Lin, the Ming Chinese navy admiral, expressed his deepest regret for YSS's death. His funeral oration for YSS still remains. After the downfall of the Ming China, Chen Lin's grandson sought refugee in Chosun. I read a Korean newspaper article saying that their descendants are still living in Korea.
CREDIT ABOVE BELONGS TO CHOKO
So Yoshitoshi
Well, historically, So Yoshitoshi joined Togukawa after the war of Sekigahara and the battle of Osaka. He tried to negotiate peace with Korea in 1599, but his messengers were sent to Beijing by the remaining Ming troops still in Korea. In 1601, So sent his envoys to Seoul and returned korean captives in Tsushima. in 1604, So and two Korean envoys met Togukawa where 2,000+ were released. The Korean officials were actually using Japan has a method on getting Ming out (Guess the aid turned to the enemy real quick)
Todo Takatora(1556-1630)
After the Imjin War, Todo joined Togukawa "eastern army" in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and the Battle of Osaka in 1616. After Togukawa gained leadership of the country, Todo began to build or refine huge castles in Japan. After Togukawa died, Todo became a vassal for the Togukawa clan. He died a quiet and normal death.
Kato Kiyomasa(1562-1611)
Kato Kiyomasa joined Togukawa side in the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 in Japan. He gained Konishi's land after Konishi was killed in the war. Togukawa never trusted him fully because he still was in contact with some of Hideyoshi's allies. He died in 1611 under unknown circumstances. Some think of him as a brave worthy samurai who practice "Bushido" to the fullest while others think of him as a dictator because of his extreme rules for soldiers, demonstrated in his writings.
Kobayakawa Takakage (1537-1597)
Died before the Imjin War was over in Japan. He didn't have any children so he adopted Hideyoshi's nephew, Hideaki, who was the supreme commander in the second invasion of Korea. (he was never shown on the show)
Hosokawa Tadaoki(1564 - 1645)
Joined Togukawa after the Imjin War and fought in Sekigahara. His wife was held hostaged by Ishida Mitsunari, the leader of the "West army". She ordered to be killed because she was a christian and couldn't kill herself. He also fought in the Battle of Osaka in 1616.
Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535-1619)
After his defeat by YSS, Shimzau went to the "West army" in Sekigahara and remained loyal to Hideyoshi, however, he disobeyed some orders by Ishida and suffered defeat. He also took korean potters from Korea and established Satsuma as a huge pottery land. Died of illness in 1619.
Chun-Su
After leaving Chosun for Ming, Chun Su fell victim to an ambush by the Manchurians nomads, which never gave up their hunt for him, Mujik, and Hong for escaping from jail. Both Mujik and Hong ran for the Chosun border to escape while their friend became a hostage. Instead of killing Chun-Su, the Manchurians decided to keep him alive for his information of Chosun and help them in the Manchurian War (1636~1637). Chun-Su was killed by a unknown Korean soldier who remembered the betrayal of Chun-su during the Imjin War.
Mujik
After returning back to Chosun without Chun-su, Mujik wept for days for his friend. Mujik began drinking and losing control of his life. Hong had enough and left Mujik for Japan to get her status back since she thought that Kato died in the war. With both his friends gone, Mujik surrendered to the Chosun court and was sentenced to death. While awaiting his end, a conflict arose in the Chosun court about the murder of Prince Gwang half brother. Mujik death sentencing became a second thought and Mujik stayed in Jail until the outbreak of the Manchurian war broke out. Mujik offered to join the army and became a well-known soldier who fought with all his might for Chosun. He died in battle.
Hong
After coming back to Chosun, Hong realized that Japan lost the war and figured that Kiyomasa had died in the process. She gathered her things and went back to Japan to try to lie her way back in favor with the Taiko. Unknown to Hong, the Taiko was dead and another war was happening in Japan. Hong desperately sought after shelter since Togukawa was eliminating any of Hideyoshi's loyalists. While trying to go from Kyoto to Kyushu and leave Japan and go back to chosun, she was caught by Togukawa's secret ninja force and killed.
Cho-Hee
The lost of her husband being killed in front of her eyes was to much for her to take. She lost her husband, Her adopted mother didn't want nothing to do with her, and she still never knew her real mother. During YSS last battle, she was among the hundreds of civilians who saw the great battle but afterward she committed suicide.
Jin
After the epidemic that took her father away, Jin continued to help the wounded soldiers until the end of the war. She was honored by the king for her great services to the navy and became the top medic in the Chosun Navy.
Chung-hyang
After the war, Chung-hyang was devasted to hear of Yi Young Nam and YSS death. Just when she believed the world had some good people in the world, both were taken away. The post war in Chosun was too much for her because of the constant bickering of Chosun officials, so she left Chosun and went to a unknown location to find herself.
EVERYTHING BELOW IS CREDITED TO FLOREL
Ahn Wui (1563 - after 1636)
After the end of the Imjin War, he was appointed Commander of Cholla Army (1601), Commander of the Left Cholla Navy (1603), Commander of the Chungchong Navy (1605), Commander of the Left Kyungsang Navy (1606). But his life in the military career was not easy because he was often impeached by Inspector ministers and fired for various reasons, behind of which there was a political reason : the fact that he was a nephew of Chung Yeo-Rip. During the reign of Prince Gwang-hae, he became Police Superintendent and then Defense Commander of Pyung-an province. He lived until the reign of King Injo (1624-1649) and died after 1636.
Na Dae-Yong (1556-1611)
In 1610, he was appointed Magistrate of Namhae (Kyungsang Province) and he designed new ship models and built them. In 1611, he was appointed Navy Commander of Kyung-gi Province, but he couldn't leave for his new post because his ancient war wounds became aggravated and he died soon.
Wu Chi-Jeok (? - 1628)
After the Imjin War, Wu Chi-Jeok was appointed Commander of Chungchong Navy in 1601 and Supreme Navy Commander of three provinces in 1611.
Appointed Royal Border Defense Commissioner (sunbyunsa) in 1613, Commander of Pyung-an Army in 1619, Commander of the Left Kyungsang Army in 1625 and Commander of the North Ham-kyung Army in 1628. He died in 1628 in Ham-kyung province.
Liu Ting (Yu Jeong)
(? - 1619)
He used a big sword in the battle, thus he was called "Liu Ting Big Sword".
- Before the Imjin War, he undertook two military campaigns in Burma (1582 and 1584).
- He dies in the Battle of Sarhu in 1619.
(15??_16??)
Yang Hao was the most popular and the most loved Ming commander in Chosun court. At least, he was the unique Chinese (along with Chen Lin in Noryang) who jumped into the war with both feet.
In 1610 (in the second year of Prince Gwanghae's reign), Chosun court erected a memorial to Commander Yang. It exists until now in Seoul, near Myung-ji University.
King Sun-jo (1552~1608) died 10 years after the war. He married a teenage girl after his wife died and she gave him the first and only legitimate son, Prince Young-chang. It was no wonder the little prince would be a threat to Crown prince Gwang-hae who was born of a concubine. That was the beginning of another tragedy.
Crown prince Gwang-hae (1575~1641) is known as one of the most excellent diplomats in the history of Korea. He did his best to avoid war with Manchuria and secretly negotiated with them (Later, they founded Ching China) while helping his ally Ming China. However, Gwang-hae murdered his little half brother (the legitimate prince) to avoid political confusion, which provided some conservative ministers who favored Ming China and disliked his secret negotiation with Manchuria a plausible excuse to carry out a coup against him. He was deposed and sent into exile.
The coup caused a tragedy not only to him but also to the entire Chosun kingdom---a new war with the Manchuria (1636~1637). Hundreds of thousands of Chosunese people were killed again like the 7-year war, and Chosun finally surrendered to the Manchurians 40 years after the Imjin war. Admiral YSS & Prince Gwang-hae must have shed blood tears in the grave or under confinement.
Prime minister Yu Sung-ryong (1542~1607) never returned to the political world after the war even though the king called for him to come back several times. He wrote a book titled "The Book of Corrections" where he recorded the cause, progress, and result of the 7-year war as he saw it. He lived a poor but honest life and is highly regarded as a cleanhanded government officer.
Korea's National Treasure #132, Prime Minister Yu Sung-ryong's The Book of Corrections.
(English translated version of the "Book of Corrections" in Amazon.com)
Left prime minister Yun Du-soo (1533~1601) died 3 years after the war. After the resignation of Yu Sung-ryong, he became a new prime minister but retired from the political life so soon.
Unlike the drama, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536~1598) peacefully died in his bed. At the dying hour, he asked Tokugawa Ieyasu(1542~1616) to look after his little son, Hideyori, as a guardian, but Tokugawa and other samurais betrayed Hideyoshi's last will and fought for supremacy. Tokugawa won the battle of Sekigahara (1600) and became the ruler of Japan. The Tokugawa shogunate lasted for about 250 years while the Toyotomi family was terminated in 1615 by the sucide of Hideyori and his mother, Yodo dono.
Wakizaka Yasuharu (1554～1626) returned to Japan after the battle of Noryang. He joined the battle of Sekigahara (1600) as a supporter of his lord's son, but in the middle of the battle, he turned to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He left some records about the battle with YSS, which were used to make this drama.
Konish Yukinaga(?~1600), the Christian samurai, took side with his lord's little son and was taken alive after being defeated in the battle of Sekigahara (1600). He stuck to his Christian belief by choosing to be beheaded rather than committing suicide. (It was a shame for a Samurai to be beheaded) so that he was canonized for a saint by the Roman Catholic church.
Chen Lin, the Ming Chinese navy admiral, expressed his deepest regret for YSS's death. His funeral oration for YSS still remains. After the downfall of the Ming China, Chen Lin's grandson sought refugee in Chosun. I read a Korean newspaper article saying that their descendants are still living in Korea.
CREDIT ABOVE BELONGS TO CHOKO
So Yoshitoshi
Well, historically, So Yoshitoshi joined Togukawa after the war of Sekigahara and the battle of Osaka. He tried to negotiate peace with Korea in 1599, but his messengers were sent to Beijing by the remaining Ming troops still in Korea. In 1601, So sent his envoys to Seoul and returned korean captives in Tsushima. in 1604, So and two Korean envoys met Togukawa where 2,000+ were released. The Korean officials were actually using Japan has a method on getting Ming out (Guess the aid turned to the enemy real quick)
Todo Takatora(1556-1630)
After the Imjin War, Todo joined Togukawa "eastern army" in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and the Battle of Osaka in 1616. After Togukawa gained leadership of the country, Todo began to build or refine huge castles in Japan. After Togukawa died, Todo became a vassal for the Togukawa clan. He died a quiet and normal death.
Kato Kiyomasa(1562-1611)
Kato Kiyomasa joined Togukawa side in the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 in Japan. He gained Konishi's land after Konishi was killed in the war. Togukawa never trusted him fully because he still was in contact with some of Hideyoshi's allies. He died in 1611 under unknown circumstances. Some think of him as a brave worthy samurai who practice "Bushido" to the fullest while others think of him as a dictator because of his extreme rules for soldiers, demonstrated in his writings.
Kobayakawa Takakage (1537-1597)
Died before the Imjin War was over in Japan. He didn't have any children so he adopted Hideyoshi's nephew, Hideaki, who was the supreme commander in the second invasion of Korea. (he was never shown on the show)
Hosokawa Tadaoki(1564 - 1645)
Joined Togukawa after the Imjin War and fought in Sekigahara. His wife was held hostaged by Ishida Mitsunari, the leader of the "West army". She ordered to be killed because she was a christian and couldn't kill herself. He also fought in the Battle of Osaka in 1616.
Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535-1619)
After his defeat by YSS, Shimzau went to the "West army" in Sekigahara and remained loyal to Hideyoshi, however, he disobeyed some orders by Ishida and suffered defeat. He also took korean potters from Korea and established Satsuma as a huge pottery land. Died of illness in 1619.
Chun-Su
After leaving Chosun for Ming, Chun Su fell victim to an ambush by the Manchurians nomads, which never gave up their hunt for him, Mujik, and Hong for escaping from jail. Both Mujik and Hong ran for the Chosun border to escape while their friend became a hostage. Instead of killing Chun-Su, the Manchurians decided to keep him alive for his information of Chosun and help them in the Manchurian War (1636~1637). Chun-Su was killed by a unknown Korean soldier who remembered the betrayal of Chun-su during the Imjin War.
Mujik
After returning back to Chosun without Chun-su, Mujik wept for days for his friend. Mujik began drinking and losing control of his life. Hong had enough and left Mujik for Japan to get her status back since she thought that Kato died in the war. With both his friends gone, Mujik surrendered to the Chosun court and was sentenced to death. While awaiting his end, a conflict arose in the Chosun court about the murder of Prince Gwang half brother. Mujik death sentencing became a second thought and Mujik stayed in Jail until the outbreak of the Manchurian war broke out. Mujik offered to join the army and became a well-known soldier who fought with all his might for Chosun. He died in battle.
Hong
After coming back to Chosun, Hong realized that Japan lost the war and figured that Kiyomasa had died in the process. She gathered her things and went back to Japan to try to lie her way back in favor with the Taiko. Unknown to Hong, the Taiko was dead and another war was happening in Japan. Hong desperately sought after shelter since Togukawa was eliminating any of Hideyoshi's loyalists. While trying to go from Kyoto to Kyushu and leave Japan and go back to chosun, she was caught by Togukawa's secret ninja force and killed.
Cho-Hee
The lost of her husband being killed in front of her eyes was to much for her to take. She lost her husband, Her adopted mother didn't want nothing to do with her, and she still never knew her real mother. During YSS last battle, she was among the hundreds of civilians who saw the great battle but afterward she committed suicide.
Jin
After the epidemic that took her father away, Jin continued to help the wounded soldiers until the end of the war. She was honored by the king for her great services to the navy and became the top medic in the Chosun Navy.
Chung-hyang
After the war, Chung-hyang was devasted to hear of Yi Young Nam and YSS death. Just when she believed the world had some good people in the world, both were taken away. The post war in Chosun was too much for her because of the constant bickering of Chosun officials, so she left Chosun and went to a unknown location to find herself.
EVERYTHING BELOW IS CREDITED TO FLOREL
Ahn Wui (1563 - after 1636)
After the end of the Imjin War, he was appointed Commander of Cholla Army (1601), Commander of the Left Cholla Navy (1603), Commander of the Chungchong Navy (1605), Commander of the Left Kyungsang Navy (1606). But his life in the military career was not easy because he was often impeached by Inspector ministers and fired for various reasons, behind of which there was a political reason : the fact that he was a nephew of Chung Yeo-Rip. During the reign of Prince Gwang-hae, he became Police Superintendent and then Defense Commander of Pyung-an province. He lived until the reign of King Injo (1624-1649) and died after 1636.
Na Dae-Yong (1556-1611)
In 1610, he was appointed Magistrate of Namhae (Kyungsang Province) and he designed new ship models and built them. In 1611, he was appointed Navy Commander of Kyung-gi Province, but he couldn't leave for his new post because his ancient war wounds became aggravated and he died soon.
Wu Chi-Jeok (? - 1628)
After the Imjin War, Wu Chi-Jeok was appointed Commander of Chungchong Navy in 1601 and Supreme Navy Commander of three provinces in 1611.
Appointed Royal Border Defense Commissioner (sunbyunsa) in 1613, Commander of Pyung-an Army in 1619, Commander of the Left Kyungsang Army in 1625 and Commander of the North Ham-kyung Army in 1628. He died in 1628 in Ham-kyung province.
Liu Ting (Yu Jeong)
(? - 1619)
He used a big sword in the battle, thus he was called "Liu Ting Big Sword".
- Before the Imjin War, he undertook two military campaigns in Burma (1582 and 1584).
- He dies in the Battle of Sarhu in 1619.
(15??_16??)
Yang Hao was the most popular and the most loved Ming commander in Chosun court. At least, he was the unique Chinese (along with Chen Lin in Noryang) who jumped into the war with both feet.
In 1610 (in the second year of Prince Gwanghae's reign), Chosun court erected a memorial to Commander Yang. It exists until now in Seoul, near Myung-ji University.
Or did he just think "this Korean man is very funny and interesting"? Anyway, the Korean business man succeeded in contracting the loan with the Barclay Bank and finally made his company one of the world's biggest shipbuilders : Hyundai Heavy Industries. The Korean man is the late Jeong Ju-young, the founder of Hyundai conglomerate. 
