Kim Se-pil

Kim Se-pil (Korean: 金世弼; 1473 – 1533) was a civil official of mid-Joseon. His courtesy name was Gongseok (公碩). His pen names were Sipcheonghon (十淸軒) and Jibiong (知非翁), his posthumous name was Mungan (文簡), and his family seat was Gyeongju.

Life

In 1495 he passed the litterateur examination (singsik munkwa) in the third class after the preliminary Sisa examination, and he rose to the posts of compiler and junior ranked magistrate. However, in 1504 he was implicated in the Gapja Purge and was exiled to Geoje Island. In 1506 he was released by the Jungjong Restoration, was appointed as a Eunggyo, and served as Deputy Director of the Office of Special Advisers, magistrate of Gwangju (Gwangju mokja), and Governor of Jeolla Province.

After serving as Chief Censor and Vice Minister of Personnel, he went to the Ming dynasty in 1519 as an envoy of gratitude. However, when Jo Gwang-jo was executed in the Gimyo Purge, he denounced the faults of Jungjong and was exiled to Yuchun-yeok. He was released in 1522, but he went down to his hometown, built Sipcheonghon, and educated younger scholars.

Posthumous honors

After his death, in recognition of his scholarly research and his cultivation of later scholars, he was posthumously conferred the post of Minister of Personnel and was enshrined in Palbong Seowon in Chungju. His collected works, the 《Sipcheongjip》, survive.

Family

• Great-great-grandfather: Kim Ja-su (金自粹)
• Great-grandfather: Kim Geun (金根)
  • Grandfather: Kim Yeong-yu (金永濡)
    • Father: Kim Hun (金薰)
    • Mother: daughter of Song Hak (송학)
      • Wife: daughter of Lee Tak (이탁)
        • Son: Kim Jeo (金䃴)
        • Daughter-in-law: daughter of Shin Su (신수)