<div dir="auto">Hello.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think that this explanation may be of help.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="http://contents.history.go.kr/front/km/print.do?levelId=km_023_0030_0050_0040&whereStr=">http://contents.history.go.kr/front/km/print.do?levelId=km_023_0030_0050_0040&whereStr=</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Adam Zulawnik</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 6 Feb 2020, 9:28 pm Werner Sasse, <<a href="mailto:werner_sasse@hotmail.com">werner_sasse@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the manuscript I am translating,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">King Chŏngjo
</span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Batang",serif">正祖</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">is mentioned several times, but never under his name. He is referred to by the name of his grave,
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">k</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ŏllŭng</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Batang",serif">健陵</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, sometimes followed by the characters of the year he did <a href="http://s.th" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">s.th</a>. Was this one of many ways to refer to someone
 who died 50 years ago? Or does it have to do with the fact, that the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">author of the manuscript,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hong <span style="color:black">
Sŏk-mo was a pretty close relative of </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">King Chŏngjo? The author
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">was an 18^th generation descendent in the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">P’ungsan Hong family
</span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Batang",serif">豊山洪氏</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, and Queen Hŏn’gyŏng
</span><span lang="KO" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Batang",serif">獻敬王后</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (Lady Hyegyŏng
</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"">恵</span><span lang="JA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Batang",serif">慶</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">),
 the mother of King Chŏngjo, was a 17^th generation descendent, and both belonged to the Ch’uman’gong
</span><em><span lang="KO" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Batang",serif">秋巒公</span></em><em><span lang="KO" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal">branch</span></em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">of the Hong family (Ch’uman’gong was 12^th generation).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this was not a stupid question, but until now I have never come across <a href="http://s.th" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">s.th</a>. similar in Korean culture</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any answers,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Werner</p>
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