Yi Sanhae
Yi Sanhae 이산해 | |
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| Chief State Councillor | |
| In office 6 March 1600 – 9 June 1600 | |
| Preceded by | Yi Wŏnik |
| Succeeded by | Yi Hangbok |
| In office 1590 – 10 June 1592 | |
| Preceded by | Yu Chŏn |
| Succeeded by | Yi Yangwŏn |
| Left State Councillor | |
| In office 16 March 1589 – 11 March 1590 | |
| Preceded by | Yu Chŏn |
| Succeeded by | Chŏng Ch'ŏl |
| Right State Councillor | |
| In office 19 November 1588 – 16 March 1589 | |
| Preceded by | Yu Chŏn |
| Succeeded by | Chŏng Ŏnsin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 20, 1539 |
| Died | August 2, 1609 (aged 70) |
| Party | Easterners, later Northerners |
| Spouse | Lady Cho of the Yangju Cho clan |
| Children | Yi Kyŏngbaek Yi Kyŏngjŏn Yi Kyŏngsin Yi Kyŏngyu 4 daughters |
| Parents |
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| Occupation | Writer Poet Civil servant |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이산해 |
| Hanja | 李山海 |
| RR | I Sanhae |
| MR | I Sanhae |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 아계, 종남수옹, 죽피옹, 시촌거사 |
| Hanja | 鵝溪, 終南睡翁, 竹皮翁, 枾村居士 |
| RR | Agye, Jongnamsuong, Jukpiong, Sichongeosa |
| MR | Agye, Chongnamsuong, Chukp'iong, Sich'on'gŏsa |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 여수 |
| Hanja | 汝受 |
| RR | Yeosu |
| MR | Yŏsu |
| Posthumous name | |
| Hangul | 문충 |
| Hanja | 文忠 |
| RR | Munchung |
| MR | Munch'ung |
Yi Sanhae (Korean: 이산해; Hanja: 李山海; 20 July 1539 – 1609) was a Korean politician, scholar, writer and poet of the Joseon period who came from the Hansan Yi clan. He served as the Chief State Councilor of Joseon from 1590 to 1592 and 1600. Yi was a member of the political faction the Easterners and when this split into the Northerners and Southerners, Yi became leader of the Northerners faction.