부산대학교 도서관

Song Shilie, living in the chaos from 1592 to 1637 of Korean Dynasty, pursued the ideal of Ming-Dynasty-advocating and Qing-Dynasty-rejecting, as well as the Northern Expedition Theory put forward by Emperor of Song Dynasty. The main characters in the writing as Three Ministers’ Biography and Min Longyanxing’s Biography are men who were loyal to their nationality. They has been worshipped as the national heroes from that time to the next hundreds of years. It was Song Shilie’s writing that made Three Ministers and Min Xing as heroes. Three Ministers’ Biography and Min Longyanxing’s Biography are the most representative works among the biography literature which took War during 1636-1637 as the theme. The main characters in Three Ministers’ Biography were Hong Yihan, Yin Ji and Wu Daji, who advocated haws and lost their lives in the War during 1636-1637; while the leading character in Min Longyanxing’s Biography was Min Xing who led his 13 family members to commit suicide at Kanghwa Island. Facing the invasion of Qing Dynasty, all of them had been fighting even until they lost their lives. Three Ministers were massacred; Min Xing, with all of his family members, committed suicide, lest they suffered humiliations from troops of Qing Dynasty. Three Ministers referred to three men who are haws during the War, thus they were also called Three Haws, or Three Ministers during 1636-1637. When the Korean Dynasty surrendered and made peace with Qing Dynasty, the responsibility of starting the war was blamed on the haws. Three Ministers were required to be sent to Qing Dynasty. Hong Yihan, the representative of haws, was seized by Qing troops and sent to Shenyang; while Yin Ji and Wu Daji came forward to take responsibility. None of them yielded to Qing’s carrot and stick, thus were murdered at last. Min Longyanxing’s Biography was a biography about Min Xing, also written by Song Shilie. When War during 1636-1637, the Kanghwa Island was occupied by the Qing troops, Min Xing, with his family members, committed suicide at the Tiandeng Temple on the Moni Mountain. Min Xing gave up the imperial examination,and immersed himself in researching literature and history. He was the national hero who stuck to reputation and integrity.