Meritorious subject of the Jungjong Restoration and Chief State Councillor; leading figure of the Jeongga-gong branch; posthumous title Sukjeong
| Life | 1454 ~ 1520 |
| Era | 조선 전기 |
| Clan | 여산 송씨 |
Song Jil (1454-1520) was an early Joseon official of the Yeosan Song clan with the courtesy name Gajung (可仲). His grandfather was Song Man-dal and his father Song Gong-son, and he is counted as a leading figure of the Jeongga-gong branch. He passed the civil examination in the second grade in 1477 (Seongjong 8), and served as Sahonbu jipyeong, Vice Director of the Ministry of War and Royal Secretary, then governor of Hwanghae and Pyeongan provinces, vice minister of punishments, minister of rites, minister of punishments and governor of Gyeonggi.
In the Jungjong Restoration of 1506 he was named a third-class Jeonggug merit subject and enfeoffed as Lord Yeowon. In 1509, as Hamgyeong inspector, he proposed resettling people in the six northeastern garrison towns, and is said to have presented a map titled the Ibae-do. He became Right State Councillor in 1512 and Left State Councillor in 1513, then Chief State Councillor, and was raised to Prince Yeowon; he was later dismissed after impeachment by the censors. His posthumous title is Sukjeong (肅靖).
His family was tied by marriage to other leading houses. His eldest son Song Ji-han served as a magistrate (his grandson was the calligrapher Song In), and his second son was Song Ji-gan. His daughter married Chief State Councillor Hong Eon-pil, and their son Hong Seom likewise became Chief State Councillor.
The resettlement plan Song Jil proposed in 1509 as Hamgyeong inspector is described as a way to strengthen the frontier by moving southern commoners to the six northern garrison towns. He is said to have made and presented the Ibae-do, a map of the terrain and defenses.
A separate article on his tomb and spirit-way stele is said to exist, but the location could not be confirmed.
His grandson Song In was a calligrapher who married King Jungjong's daughter by a concubine, Princess Jeongsun, and his maternal grandson Hong Seom served as Chief State Councillor.