| Bae Heung-rip | |
| Native Name: | 배흥립 |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1546 |
| Death Place: | Hanyang, Joseon Korea |
| Nickname: | Baekgi |
| Allegiance: | Joseon Korea |
| Rank: | Second junior rank |
| Battles: | Imjin war |
| Hangul: | 배흥립 |
| Hanja: | 裵興立 |
| Context: | old |
| Rr: | Bae Heungrip |
| Mr: | Pae Hŭngrip |
| Hangulja: | 백기 |
| Hanjaja: | 伯起 |
| Rrja: | Baekgi |
| Mrja: | Paekki |
| Hangulph: | 효숙 |
| Hanjaph: | 孝肅 |
| Rrph: | Hyosuk |
| Mrph: | Hyosuk |
Bae Heung-rip (; November 7, 1546 – October 17, 1608) was a Korean military official of the mid-Joseon Period. He was a general under Admiral Yi Sun-sin during the Imjin War.
Bae Heung-rip was born on November 7, 1546. He passed the military examination in 1572 and became a Herald .[1] Later, he has served as a prefect of Gyeolseong and Heungyang.[2] Before the outbreak of the Imjin War, battleships were built by him following Yi Sun-sin's orders to prepare for the war.[1]
When the Japanese Invasion of Korea broke out in 1592, he was appointed as the Assistant Defense Commandant and also served as a Defense Commander . Serving as the Front Commandant in the Admiral Yi's first campaign and Won Gyun's Rear Commandant in the Battle of Sacheon, he was promoted to Tongjeong (통정; 通政; Thoroughly Administrative), third senior rank.[3] [4] In 1596, He was appointed to the magistrate of Jangheung, but he was dismissed for being criticized for wasting grains with a large number of shameless warriors.[5] In 1597, he was deprived of his position as a Naval Commander of Left Gyeongsang Province .[6] Later, he was appointed as the Bae Seol's Assistant Defense Commandant.
In 1597, when the Japanese second invasion broke out, he participated in the Battle of Chilcheollyang under the command of Won Gyun, the Naval Generalissimo of the Three Provinces . When Yi Eok-gi and Choe Ho were killed in action, Won Gyun and Bae Seol also fled in the Battle of Chilcheollyang, he rushed to the enemy camp with only one ship he was riding.[7] He rescued the remaining ships and fought to the end to delay the enemy's advance.[2] [1] When Yi Sun-sin returned to his position after Won Gyun's defeat, he participated in the Battle of Myeongnyang and Noryang and was promoted to the second junior rank.[4]
In 1600, he served as a Naval Commander of Right Gyeongsang Province. and as a Naval Commander of Left Jeolla Province.[8] [9] [2] In 1604, he served as a Naval Commander of Chungcheong Province and the Second Minister of Public Works .[10] [11] In 1607, he became a magistrate of Yeongheung, but he resigned the following year due to illness and returned to Hanyang. He died of illness at his home in Hanyang on October 17, 1608.[1]