Hong Nak-sun

Hong Nak-sun (洪樂純, 1723 – ?) was a civil official of Joseon. His family seat was Pungsan (豊山), his courtesy name was Baekhyo (伯孝), his art name was Daereung (大陵), and his posthumous name was Munheon (文憲).

He was the elder brother of Hong Nak-chun (洪樂春) and Hong Nak-bin (洪樂斌), and the paternal uncle of Hong Guk-yeong (洪國榮, a civil official of Joseon and a sedo politician) and Consort Won Hong (元嬪 洪氏, a royal concubine of Jeongjo of Joseon). He was a descendant of Princess Jeongmyeong, daughter of King Seonjo, and he was a tenth-degree cousin of Lady Hyegyeong.

Biography

Family

His father was Hong Chang-han, who served as a provincial governor, and his mother was from the Gyeye Yu clan (杞溪兪氏), the daughter of Yu Du-sun (兪斗純) or Yu Du-gi (兪斗基). He was a sixth-generation descendant of Princess Jeongmyeong, the legitimate daughter of King Seonjo and Queen Inmok, and of Hong Ju-won, Prince of Yeongan. The eldest son of Hong Ju-won, Hong Man-yong, was the great-grandfather of Hong Bong-han, Hong In-han, Hong Yong-han, and Hong Jun-han, the four brothers, and of Hong Sang-han. The second son of Hong Ju-won and younger brother of Hong Man-yong, Hong Man-hyeong, was the fifth-generation ancestor of Hong Nak-sun.

Hong Bong-han, Hong In-han, and Hong Sang-han were his ninth-degree paternal uncles, and he was a tenth-degree cousin of Lady Hyegyeong, the wife of . However, according to Lady Hyegyeong's (한중록), Hong Nak-sun was so hostile toward his ninth-degree paternal uncle that the two sought to kill each other. The reason for this resentment is not recorded. According to Lady Hyegyeong's , one of the reasons disliked was that the two regarded each other as enemies.