Song Deok-bong (송덕봉, 宋德奉; 1521-1578) was a Korean female poet of the mid Joseon dynasty, and was active in the sixteenth century.[1]

Life

Song Deok-bong was born in 1521 to Song Jun and Lady Yi of the Hampyeong Yi clan into the Hongju Song clan (홍주 송씨) during the reign of King Jungjong.

She was later arranged to marry the Confucian scholar Yu Hui-chun in 1536 as his second wife. The marriage produced one son and five daughters, but in 1547, Yu was exiled.

When he boasted of his faithfulness to her, she reprimanded him in letters by saying his boasting of such matters did not do him any credit. She furthermore let him know that she had diligently mourned his mother for three years and arranged the funeral, which she implied were much more difficult tasks than remaining faithful. She also commented that spending some months without sexual relations would have been good for him, seeing as he was getting older and needed to preserve his energy.[2] He took her admonishment without rancor and they continued to correspond with each other in verse.[3]

On her way to visit her husband in exile in Jongseong, Song Deokbong composed a much-praised poem whilst passing through an area called Macheonryeong.[2]

She was seen as a virtuous woman writer.

Family

  • Father - Song Jun (송준, 宋駿) (1475 - ?)
    • Grandfather - Song Gi-son (송기손, 宋驥孫) (1449 - ?)
    • Unnamed Grandmother (1450 - ?); Song Gi-son’s first wife
  • Mother - Lady Yi of the Hampyeong Yi clan (함평 이씨) (1471 - ?); eldest daughter
    • Grandfather - Yi In-hyeong (이인형, 李仁亨; 1436 - 1504)
    • Grandmother - Lady Yi (이씨, 李氏) (1436 - 1503); daughter of Yi Maeng-ho (이맹호, 李孟浩; 1410 - ?)
  • Husband - Yu Hui-chun (유희춘, 柳希春) (1513 - 1577)
    • Father-in-law - Yu Gye-rin (류계린, 柳桂隣) (1478 - 1528)
    • Mother-in-law - Lady Choi of the Tamjin Choi clan (탐진 최씨) (1480 - 1558); eldest daughter of Choi Bu (최부, 崔溥; 1454 - 1504)
  • Issue
    • Son - Yu Gyeong-ryeom (류경렴, 柳景濂) (6 February 1539 - ?)
      • Daughter-in-law - Lady Kim of the Gyeongju Kim clan (경주 김씨) (6 April 1540 - 1 June 1597)
        • Grandson - Yu Gwang-seon (류광선, 柳光先) (15 October 1559 - ?)
          • Unnamed granddaughter-in-law (1580 - ?)
            • Great-Grandson - Yu Ik-cheong (류익청, 柳益淸) (7 March 1601 - 10 August 1660)
        • Grandson - Yu Ik-won (류익원) (37 March 1573 - 5 September 1645)
          • Granddaughter-in-law - Lady Kim (김씨, 金氏) (1568 - ?)
            • Great-Granddaughter - Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1585 - 1630)
            • Great-Granddaughter - Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1610 - ?)
    • Daughter - Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1540 - ?)
    • Daughter - Yu Hae-seong (유해성, 柳海成), Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1550 - ?)
    • Daughter - Yu Hae-bok (유해복), Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1555 - ?)
    • Daughter - Yu Hae-myeong (유해명), Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1560 - ?)
    • Daughter - Yu Hae-gwi (유해귀), Lady Yu of the Seonsan Yu clan (선산 유씨) (1565 - ?)

Notes

  1. ↑ Kim, Hee-Sook; Kwon, Chang Woo (Feb 2020). "A Study on the Content and Composition of Digital Character Archive in Works and Subjects: Female Writers in the mid of the Joseon Dynasty". Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science (in Korean). 54 (1): 145–174. ISSN 1225-598X.
  2. 1 2 Hai-soon Lee, Hye-sun Yi (2005). The Poetic World of Classic Korean Women Writers. Vol. 9. Ewha Womans University Press. ISBN 8973006274.
  3. ↑ Lee & Yi. p. 11. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Sources

  • Lee, Hai-soo & Yi, Hye-sun (2005). The poetic world of classic Korean women writers. Ewha Womans University Press.
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