Grandson of Yun Seon-do who left the Jiam Ilgi diary; pen name Jiam
| Life | 1636 ~ 1699 |
| Era | 조선 후기 |
| Clan | 해남 윤씨 |
Yun I-hu (1636-1699), pen name Jiam, was a late Joseon figure of the Haenam Yun clan. He was a grandson of Yun Seon-do and the birth father of Yun Du-seo. Du-seo was born as I-hu's fourth son but is said to have been adopted by Yun I-seok, Seon-do's heir-grandson; Wikipedia describes him as registered as I-seok's son. A newspaper profile says I-hu inherited Seon-do's political legacy and the clan's enterprises.
His Jiam Ilgi records seven years and nine months from 1 January 1692 to 9 September 1699. The manuscript was long held only within the lineage; after transcription and punctuation, Prof. Ha Yeong-hwi of Sungkyunkwan University began a translation in November 2013 and completed a Korean edition after about six years. The diary is used as a source on economic activity, social ties and local society among southern yangban in the late seventeenth century.
A scholarly abstract says he resigned as magistrate of Hampyeong in 1692, returned to the countryside and lived there about eight years, leaving records of 111 trips totalling 755 days. In old age he retired to Jukdo in Haenam and wrote the gasa "Ilmin-ga". All of this rests on newspaper articles and an abstract, so the details of his official career and the hometown (the paper says Yeongam) need further checking.
The diary covers 1 January 1692 to 9 September 1699, and a translation is available to general readers. See the translation for details.
His son Yun Du-seo became a pioneer of late Joseon painting. See the Haenam Yun page for the wider family.
His tomb was not confirmed.
His fourth son was the painter Yun Du-seo, who was adopted into the senior line.