Yu Seong-won

In this Korean name, the family name is Yu.

Yu Seong-won
Hangul	유성원
Hanja	柳誠源
Revised Romanization	Yu Seongwon
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Sŏngwŏn
Art name
Hangul	낭간
Hanja	琅玕
Revised Romanization	Nanggan
McCune–Reischauer	Nanggan
Courtesy name
Hangul	태초
Hanja	太初
Revised Romanization	Taecho
McCune–Reischauer	T'aech'o

Yu Seong-won (also Ryu Seong-won) (died 1456) was a scholar-official of the early Joseon Dynasty, who is remembered as one of the six murdered ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Munhwa Ryu lineage, but his date of birth is not known.

Yu passed the lower examination 1444 and the higher examination in 1447. He was shortly thereafter appointed to the Hall of Worthies by Sejong. Yu was among the compilers of the first edition of the Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions (yu bang yu chwi, 醫方類聚), together with other members of the Hall of Worthies.^[1]

In 1455, Sejo overthrew the reigning king Danjong. Yu joined with other high officials in a conspiracy to restore Danjong to the throne. This was discovered by the king shortly before it was to happen, and Yu committed suicide.

Yu's tomb lies today in Sayuksin Park in Noryangjin-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul. It was moved there in the 1970s.^[2]

Notes

1. Shin, Soon Shik (1999). "Authors of the Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions". Korean Journal of Medical History 8(2). Retrieved 2006-04-09.
2. Welcome to Dongjak-gu

See also

• List of Joseon Dynasty people
• Joseon Dynasty politics