Civil official who raised a righteous army with Jo Heon in the Imjin War and served as Vice-Minister of Punishments under Gwanghaegun; pen name Hakson, posthumous title Uimin
| Life | 1566 ~ 1624 |
| Era | 조선 중기 |
| Clan | 평강 전씨 |
Jeon Yu-hyeong (1566-1624) was a mid-Joseon civil official of Pyeonggang, son of Jeon In (全絪), with courtesy name Sukga, pen name Hakson and posthumous title Uimin.
A Confucian student of Goesan, he raised a righteous army with Jo Heon when the Imjin War broke out, and in 1605 topped the special civil examination. Under Gwanghaegun he served as Magistrate of Gwangju and Vice-Minister of Punishments; under Injo he was executed on a false charge of links with Yi Gwal's rebellion and was later exonerated. His collected works are the Hakson-jip.
As a student in Goesan he raised a righteous army with Jo Heon at the outbreak of the war. The next year he submitted more than ten measures against the Japanese and was praised by King Seonjo; he was made Gunjagam Chambong but resigned for his father's funeral. In 1594 he was specially appointed Magistrate of Cheongan and concurrently Chungcheong Jobangjang, working to drive off the invaders.
In 1603 he presented a fifteen-article memorial on ending factionalism and protecting the crown prince, and in 1605, aged 40, he placed first in the special civil examination. He was soon dismissed on impeachment for not having kept his parents' funeral rites properly during the war, but under Gwanghaegun he was recalled and served as Magistrate of Hamheung, Acting Vice-Director of the Ministry of War, Magistrate of Gwangju and Vice-Minister of Punishments. He was also skilled in medicine and is said to have drawn the Ojang-do.
After the Injo Restoration he served as comfort envoy and negotiated the matter of provisions with Mao Wenlong. In 1624, during Yi Gwal's rebellion, he was falsely accused of collaborating with the rebels and beheaded without proper process; he was later exonerated, posthumously made Minister of Personnel, and enshrined in 1742 at Hwaam Seowon in Goesan.
The Pyeonggang Jeon trace their founder to Jeon Bin, and Jeon Yu-hyeong is introduced as a descendant. In Sosu-myeon, Goesan, the Pyeonggang Jeon Hyoyeolgak (built 1773; North Chungcheong Cultural Heritage Material) honors his son Jeon U, brothers and grandsons.
His tomb was not confirmed. He was enshrined at Hwaam Seowon in Goesan (1742).
His son Jeon U is recorded; Goesan has a filial-and-chaste memorial house honoring Jeon U, his brothers and grandsons.