Scholar-official, advocate of the northern expedition, Inspector-General, Minister of Personnel and Third Minister of the State Council
| Life | 1617년 ~ 1680년 |
| Era | 조선 중기 |
| Clan | 남원 윤씨 |
Yun Hyu (尹鑴) was a scholar-official regarded as a central figure of the Southerners (Namin) faction in the middle and late Joseon period. His original given name was Jeong (鍞), changed to Hyu around the age of 25; his courtesy name was first Dugoe and later Huijung, and his pen names were Baekho, Haheon and Yabo. Wikipedia gives his birth as 14 October 1617 and his death by poison on 20 May 1680, although the same article gives his age as both 62 and 63.
He studied under his maternal grandfather Kim Deok-min and learned Neo-Confucianism under Yi Won-ik and Yi Min-gu, taking refuge at Samsan in Boeun during the Manchu invasion. He entered office in 1653 under King Hyojong on the recommendation of Sim Ji-won and Won Du-pyo, and thereafter resigned and returned several times. In the first rites controversy of 1659 he argued with Heo Mok and Yun Seon-do for a three-year mourning period, opposing Song Si-yeol; in the second controversy of 1674 he argued for one year, contributing to the Southerners' victory.
After King Sukjong's accession he submitted a memorial in 1674 on the northern expedition, proposing a military command office and the manufacture of chariots and fire-carts, but most proposals were blocked by Heo Jeok, Gwon Dae-un and others. During the Southerners' time in power he served as Inspector-General, Minister of Personnel and Third Minister of the State Council. After the 1680 Gyeongsin purge he was exiled to Gapsan, then implicated in the Heo Gyeon affair and given poison; he is said to have denied treason to the end. He was rehabilitated in 1908.
After Sukjong's accession in 1674, Yun Hyu submitted a memorial on the northern expedition proposing a military command office and chariots and fire-carts. Most were blocked by Heo Jeok, Gwon Dae-un and others. In the rites controversies he argued for a three-year mourning period in 1659 and one year in 1674.
Wikipedia lists his father as Yun Hyo-jeon and his grandfather as Yun Hui-son (Prince Daeseong). Together with Yun Jip (one of the Three Scholars) and Yun Seom, he is counted among the best-known figures of the Namwon Yun clan.
Wikipedia says he was first buried near the family graves in Geumsa-myeon, Yeoju, and moved to the family burial ground in Daejeon in the 2000s.
His sons are recorded as Yun Hui-je, Yun Ha-je, Yun Eun-je (also written Yun Ui-je) and Yun Gyeong-je. Yun Ha-je was rehabilitated in 1689 and edited the collected works with Yun Gyeong-je. A fifth-generation descendant, Yun Ji-beom, was cleared and entered office in 1790; an eighth-generation descendant, Yun Sin-hwan, published the Baekho Munjip in 1927; and direct descendants issued the Baekho Jeonseo in 1974.