Official of the Namwon-gong branch who governed six provinces and became Pandonnyeong-busa; pen name Manto
| Life | 1645 ~ 1725 |
| Era | 조선 후기 |
| Clan | 풍산 홍씨 |
Hong Man-jo (洪萬朝, 1645-1725) was a late-Joseon official of the Pungsan Hong clan, with the courtesy name Jongji and pen name Manto (晩退). A great-grandson of Inspector-General Hong I-sang, he was the grandson of Hong Tak, magistrate of Namwon and founder of the Namwon-gong branch, the son of the county magistrate Hong Ju-cheon, and his mother was a daughter of Kim Gwang-chan, posthumously made Chief State Councillor. He became a student of the National Academy in 1669, passed the extra civil examination in 1678 (the fourth year of Sukjong), and served as Geomnyeol, Jipyeong and Jeongeon. After being Busuchan in 1688 and Bueung-gyo the next year, he went out as governor of Chungcheong in 1690.
He returned the next year and served as royal secretary, governor of Jeolla and chief royal secretary, and in 1693 became governor of Ganghwa. In 1696 he went to Qing China as deputy envoy of thanks and later served as governor of Jeolla, Gangwon, Hamgyeong, Gyeongsang and Gyeonggi. The clan association describes him as having been governor of all eight provinces, but since the figure is stated differently by different sources, this text follows Wikipedia's record (Chungcheong, Jeolla, Gangwon, Hamgyeong, Gyeongsang, Gyeonggi). After serving as Daesagan, vice-minister of punishments, mayor of Hanseong, Left Consultant and minister of punishments, and Right Consultant in 1718, he entered the Gironso, the office honoring senior statesmen, the following year.
In 1721 (the first year of Gyeongjong) he served as Pan-uigeumbu-sa and Left Consultant and in 1722 reached Pandonnyeong-busa. He is said to have been honest and magnanimous; his posthumous title is Jeongik (the hanja could not be confirmed) and a Jeongik-gong Branch Association bears his name. A text on the clan association's site says that association owns a Gisa gyecheop, an album recording the Gironso gathering, but which surviving copy it refers to could not be confirmed. His tomb lies in the family burial ground at Segyo-ri, Baebang-eup, Asan. As a leading figure of the Namwon-gong branch, he shows how the Modang-gong line took root in Chungcheong and the Hoseo region by way of Chungju.
Beginning with the governorship of Chungcheong in 1690, he governed Jeolla, Gangwon, Hamgyeong, Gyeongsang and Gyeonggi and in 1696 went to Qing China as deputy envoy of thanks.
He entered the Gironso in 1719 and became Pandonnyeong-busa in 1722, with a reputation for honesty and generosity.
His tomb lies in the family burial ground at Segyo-ri, Baebang-eup, Asan.