Late Goryeo official who helped retake the capital from the Red Turbans and rose to Inspector-General; Lord Jinsan
| Life | 1322 ~ 1376 |
| Era | 고려 후기 |
| Clan | 진주 하씨 |
Ha Yun-won (1322-1376) was a late Goryeo official, soldier and Neo-Confucian scholar whose ancestral seat is Jinyang (Jinju). His father was the senior councillor Ha Jeup and his mother was of the Cheolseong Yi clan. He took the licentiate degree in 1342, then passed the civil examination, and is said to have won universal praise as a senior censor.
When the Red Turbans took the capital in 1361, he was, as a personnel official in 1362, among the generals including Jeong Se-un, An U, Yi Bang-sil and Choe Yeong who retook Gaegyeong, and was named a second-class merit subject. As commander at Gangju he is said to have fought the Red Turbans with Yi Seong-gye and Jeong Se-un.
Early under King U he served as grand academician and then Inspector-General and was made Lord Jinsan. An anecdote says he hung in his office a phrase meaning that heaven punishes wrong judgments, and he is said to have befriended Yi Saek, Jeong Mong-ju and Gil Jae. He died while mourning his mother beside her grave; sources differ between 1375 and 1376.
After passing the civil examination he is said to have served as a senior censor, magistrate of Wonju and Sangju, and governor of Gyeongsang, and as an inspector in several provinces looking into the people's grievances.
After the Red Turbans seized Gaegyeong in 1361-62 he took part with other generals in recovering it and was named a Sujung Jwari merit subject.
Early under King U he became Inspector-General and Lord Jinsan. His grandson Ha Yeon became Chief State Councillor, and his line forms the main stem of the Sajik-gong branch.
The exact tomb location was not confirmed here.
Sons Ha Yu-jong, Ha Ja-jong and Ha Gye-jong are recorded; among his grandsons was Chief State Councillor Ha Yeon. His second son was Ha Ja-jong.