Sim Gak

Sim Gak (沈瑴, 1695–1779) was a civil official of late Joseon. His family seat was Cheongsong (靑松), his courtesy name was Gunok (君玉), and his pen name was Maoh (晩悟).

Family background

• Twelfth-generation descendant of Sim Deokbu (沈德符), Left Chief Minister, Lord Cheongseong, and Duke Jeonga; eleventh-generation descendant of Sim On (沈溫), father of King Sejong's queen consort, State Minister, Lord Cheongcheon, and Duke Ahyo; tenth-generation descendant of Sim Hoe (沈澮), State Minister, Lord Cheongsong, and Duke Gongsuk; ninth-generation descendant of Sim Won (沈源), Director of the Naeja Sisi, posthumously Left Chancellor; eighth-generation descendant of Sim Sunmun (沈舜文), Junior Magistrate of the Saheonbu, posthumously State Minister; seventh-generation descendant of Sim Dalwon (沈達源), Gihomyeongsin and Chief Judge of the Seungmunwon, posthumously Minister of Personnel; sixth-generation descendant of Sim Jeon (沈銓), Governor of Gyeonggi Province, posthumously State Minister, Lord Cheongpa; fifth-generation descendant of Sim Useung (沈友勝), Governor of Gyeonggi Province, posthumously State Minister, Lord Cheonggye; great-grandson of Sim Aek (沈詻), Minister of Personnel, Lord Cheongsong, and Duke Uiheon; grandson of Sim Gwangsa (沈光泗), Chief Administrator of the Jongchinbu, posthumously Vice Minister of Personnel; grandson of Sim Sang (沈相), Junior Royal Secretary of the Sagan-won, posthumously Minister of Personnel; and son of Sim Deukryang, Magistrate of Sunheung, posthumously Left Chancellor.

• His great-grandfather Sim Gwangsa (沈光泗) was the younger brother of Sim Gwangsu (沈光洙), a Namin sallim scholar who, together with Go-san Yun Seon-do (孤山 尹善道), argued for a three-year mourning period in the Yesong controversy. Sim Gwangsa was the father-in-law of Yun Ideok (尹爾錫), grandson of Yun Seon-do, and the maternal grandfather of Gongjae Yun Du-seo (恭齋 尹斗緖).

• His grandfather Sim Sang (沈相) was the third son of Sim Gwangsa and was adopted by Sim Gwanghan (沈光漢). Sim Gwanghan was a grandson of Sim Useung (沈友勝), Governor of Gyeonggi Province, and of Sim Useon (沈友善), Magistrate of Jangsu and elder brother of Sim Useun (沈友俊), a Jinsa.

• Sim Gwangmyeon (沈光沔), son-in-law of Go-san Yun Seon-do (孤山 尹善道), and the brothers Sim Gwangsu and Sim Gwangsa were cousins. The father of Sim Gwangsu and Sim Gwangsa, Sim Aek (沈詻), Minister of Personnel, and the father of Sim Gwangmyeon, Sim Seo (沈諝), Director of the Pyeongsiseo, were both sons of Sim Useun (沈友俊), a Jinsa. Sim Aek was adopted by Sim Useung (沈友勝), Governor of Gyeonggi Province and younger brother of Sim Useun. was the great-grandson of Minister of Personnel , the grandson of Chief Administrator of the Jongchinbu Sim Gwangsa, the grandson of Junior Royal Secretary of the Sagan-won Sim Sang, and the son of Magistrate of Sunheung Sim Deukryang.