Seo Yu-bang

Seo Yu-bang (徐有防, 1741 – 1798) was a civil official of Joseon. His family seat was Daegu, his courtesy name was Won-rye (元禮), and his pen name was Bonghon (奉軒). His posthumous name was Hyogan (孝簡).

Life

He passed the Jeongsi civil service examination in 1772 with a second-class rank (Jeongsi) and served as Seongyogwan, Vice Lecturer, Nangcheong, and Vice Responder before, during the reign of King Jeongjo, serving as Right Royal Secretary, Chief Remonstrator of the Office of Remonstrance, and Assistant Minister of Personnel. While serving as Chief Remonstrator, he received the trust of King Jeongjo, and after serving as Assistant Minister of Personnel he became Royal secretary and Chancellor of Sungkyunkwan (Sungkyunkwan), and after again serving as Royal secretary and Assistant Minister of Personnel he was promoted directly to Vice Minister of Personnel. Afterwards he continued to serve as Royal secretary, Chancellor of Sungkyunkwan, Chief Remonstrator, and Assistant Minister of Personnel, then became Vice Director of Kyujanggak and Chief Inspector-General of the Office of the Inspector-General, and concurrently served as Governor of Kaesong and concurrent Director of the Royal Lectures. He then concurrently served on the Border Defense Council, and after serving as Chief Remonstrator, Vice Director, Director of Kyujanggak, and Vice Director of Hongmungwan, and Chancellor of Sungkyunkwan, he served as Vice Minister of Personnel while concurrently serving as concurrent Director of the Royal Lectures, and after serving as Governor of Gyeonggi Province he again became Chief Inspector-General. Later, while concurrently serving as concurrent Director of the Royal Lectures, he passed through Mayor of Hanseong and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, and then rose to the rank of the six ministers as Minister of Justice and became . Afterwards, while concurrently serving as supervisor of the , he served as and with the trust of King Jeongjo, concurrently serving as concurrent Director of the . He then again became Minister of War and concurrently served as supervisor of the . After serving as Minister of War and , he concurrently served as concurrent Director of Sungkyunkwan, supervisor of , and supervisor of the Royal Medical Office, then again concurrently served as acting Director, concurrent Director of the Royal Lectures, and supervisor of ; after serving as Minister of Justice, he was sent out to the provinces as . Later he served as and died in 1798.

Family

• Father: Compiler Seo Hyo-su (徐孝修)
• Mother: Daughter of Yi Eon-sin (李彦臣)
  • Elder brother: Minister of Personnel Seo Yu-rin (徐有隣)