Encounter: A Novel of Nineteenth-Century Korea

Principal Characters in Encounter

Principal Characters in Encounter CHO SIN-CH'OL A packhorse driver who befriends Ha-sang during Ha-sang's first trip to Peking. Christian name, Charles. Martyred in 1839 and canonized in1984. CHO SUK A nephew of Cho Tong-som, husband of Kwon Teresa. Christian name, Peter. Martyred in1819. CHO TONG-SOM An exiled scholar. The teacher of Ha-sang and a friend of Yak-chong. Christian name, Justino. CHONG HAG-YON Tasan's eldest son. CHONG HAG-YU Tasan's secondson. CHONG HA-SANG 1795-1839. Son of Yak-chong, a nephew of Tasan. Saint Paul Ha-sang Chong. Martyred in 1839,canonized in1984. CHONG YAG-YONG 1762-1836. Tasan. The youngest of the Chong brothers. Variously known as Yoyudang, Mugukkwanin, Chahansanin. Christian name, Johann. CHONG YAK-CHON 1758-1816. Tasan's second brother. CHONG YAK-CHONG 1760-1801. Tasan's third brother. Ha-sang's father. Christian name, Augustine. Martyred in1801. CHONG YAK-HYON Tasan's eldest brother. CHOU WEN-MU 1752-1801. A Chinese priest, the first Catholic missionary to arrive in Korea (in 1795). Martyred in1801. HONG, MATTEO The innkeeper at the bamboo grove. Also known as Ho. HONG-NIM A daughter of Tasan by P'yo-nyo, born during Tasan's exile. xxi XX11 P R I N C I P A L C H A R A C T E R S HWANG SA-YONC A disciple of Chong Yak-chong.The writer of "Silk Letter" in 1801. Martyred in 1801. HYEJANC 1772—1811. An eminent Buddhist monk, Tasan's friend and disciple during his exile. KIM CHONC-SUN, QUEEN DOWAGER 1745-1805. Queen of King Yongjo. As the young King Sunjo's regent, promulgates the Edict of Catholic Eradication; responsible for the Persecution of 1801. KWON HO-SIN Father of Mae-a, Nan-a, and Kug-a. KWON KUG-A The youngest daughter of Kwon Ho-sin. Adopted into the household of the Overseer of the Local Agency in Imsil, where she is named Kung-nim. Christian name, Juliette. KWON NAN-A Second daughter of Kwon Ho-sin. Adopted by shaman Man-nyon, who names her Butterfly. Christian name, Cecilia. Martyred in 1825. KWON MAE-A The eldest daughter of Kwon Ho-sin. Christian name, Maria. She goes to live with the former palace lady Myong-sim. Martyred in 1825. KWON TERESA Daughter of Kwon Il-sin, Francesco Xavier, one of the first Korean Christians. Martyred in 1819. MAN-NYON A hereditary shaman and adoptive mother of Kwon Nan-a, Butterfly. MYONG-SIM A daughter of a chungin apothecary, recruited to become a palace lady. Christian name, Teresa. Martyred in 1825. P'YO An old man who befriends Tasan when he first comes to Kangjin and introduces him to Hyejang. P'YO-NYO Daughter of P'yo, a woman Tasan lives with during his exile. Mother of Hong-nim. SUNG NAK-CHONG A trusted servant of Kwon Ho-sin, who betrays the Kwon family and causes the family's tragedy. Christian name, Pius. YI CHI-YON 1777—1841. The deputy envoy during Ha-sang's first trip to Peking; later Ha-sang's prosecutor. Before his death he was the Prime Minister of the Right. YI KI-GYONG Once Tasan's friend, who studied Catholicism with him; later turning Tasan's adversary, pursues him to his banishment. P R I N C I P A L C H A R A C T E R S XX111 YI SUNG-HUN 1756-1801. Husband of Tasan's sister, also known as Manch'on. The first baptized Catholic in Korea (1794). Christian name, Peter. Martyred in 1801. YU CHIN-GIL A chungin translator. Christian name, Augustine. Martyred in 1839 and canonized in 1984. YUN CHONG-SIM 1793-?. One of Tasan's eighteen disciples during Tasan's exile in Kyuldong. This page intentionally left blank ...