Official who opposed peace in the Second Manchu Invasion and was exiled; pen name Palsong, posthumous title Munjeong; central figure of the Noseong Papyeong Yun house
| Life | 1572 ~ 1639 |
| Era | 조선 중기 |
| Clan | 파평 윤씨 |
Yun Hwang (1572-1639) was a mid-Joseon official of the Papyeong Yun clan with courtesy name Deokyo and pen name Palsong (八松). His sons included Yun Hun-geo, Yun Sun-geo, Yun Sang-geo, Yun Mun-geo, Yun Seon-geo, Yun Min-geo, Yun Gyeong-geo and Yun Si-geo, and his grandson was Yun Jeung.
He argued against peace in the Second Manchu Invasion, and after the surrender at Samjeondo he was blamed as one of the hawks and exiled to Yeongdong, pardoned in the tenth month of 1637. After staying in Geumsan he returned ill to Isan (Noseong, Nonsan) in 1638, living in a house below the family graves, and died in 1639. He was posthumously made chief state councillor and given the title Munjeong (文正).
He argued against peace in the Second Manchu Invasion, was exiled to Yeongdong after the surrender at Samjeondo, and pardoned in the tenth month of 1637.
He had eight sons, and Yun Sun-geo was adopted as heir to his elder brother Yun Su. The family was known for clan education, including the Jonghakdang said to have been founded by Yun Sun-geo in 1646.
Nogang Seowon was founded in 1675 to honor Yun Hwang and received a royal plaque in 1682; Yun Mun-geo was added, and Yun Seon-geo and Yun Jeung in 1723, for four enshrined. It is a national historic site.
The tomb location was not confirmed here. Nonsan has Yun Hwang's old house (South Chungcheong folk heritage) and ancestral lodge (Cultural Heritage Material No. 391), and Nogang Seowon first enshrined him.
The center of the Noseong (Nojong) Papyeong Yun house, in the line of his son Yun Seon-geo and grandson Yun Jeung.