Kim Jing

Kim Jing (金澄, 1623 – 1676) was a scholar-official of late Joseon. His courtesy name was Wonhoe (元會), his pen name was Gamjidang (坎止堂), and his family seat was Cheongpung. He was the son of Kim Geukhyeong (金克亨), pen name Sacheon (沙川), who served as Jeongnang of the Board of Works and Magistrate of Hwasun and was posthumously appointed Left State Councillor.

Life

He rose to the post of Governor of Jeolla Province. After his death, his sons Kim Gu and Kim Yu achieved high office, and he was posthumously appointed State Council Chief State Councillor. He was buried in Hongchi-gol, Wanggok-dong, Uiwang (present-day Uiwang City), Gwangju County, Gyeonggi Province.

Family

Kim Yu's son Kim Yak-ro served as Left State Councillor, and Kim Sang-ro served as Chief State Councillor. Kim Sang-ro, a leader of the Noron Byeokpa faction who opposed Crown Prince Sado and served as Chief State Councillor, was also a son of Kim Yu and therefore Kim Jing's grandson. Kim Jae-ro, who served as Chief State Councillor during the reign of King Yeongjo as one of a father-and-son pair of prime ministers, and Kim Chi-in, Chief State Councillor during the reign of King Jeongjo, were respectively the second son and grandson of the eldest son Kim Gu. Kim Jong-su was the grandson of Kim Chi-man, the elder brother of Kim Jae-ro, and thus Kim Chi-man's great-grandson.

The seventh-generation descendant of the third son Kim Mu was the independence activist Kim Gyu-sik.

Genealogy

• Great-grandfather: Kim Gye (金繼)
• Grandfather: Kim Inbaek (金仁伯)
• Grandmother: Lady Gwon of the Andong Gwon clan (安東權氏)
  • Father: Kim Geukhyeong (金克亨)
  • Mother: Lady Sim of the Cheongsong Sim clan (淸松沈氏)
  • Birth mother: Lady Jeong of the Gwangju Jeong clan (光州鄭氏) - daughter of Jeong Ho (鄭頀)