| Hong Chi-jung | |||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1 July 1729 | ||||||||||
| Term End: | 13 August 1732 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Yi Gwang-jwa | ||||||||||
| Successor: | Sim Su-hyeon | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | 16 July 1728 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | 1 July 1729 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Jo Tae-eok | ||||||||||
| Successor1: | Yi Tae-jwa | ||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 12 June 1726 | ||||||||||
| Term End2: | 17 August 1727 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Yi Gwang-myeong | ||||||||||
| Successor2: | Jo Tae-eok | ||||||||||
| Term Start3: | 17 August 1727 | ||||||||||
| Term End3: | 1727 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Yi Ui-hyeon | ||||||||||
| Successor3: | Sim Su-hyeon | ||||||||||
| Term Start4: | 18 February 1725 | ||||||||||
| Term End4: | 1725 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor4: | Yi Gwang-myeong | ||||||||||
| Successor4: | Jo Do-bin | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1667 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Joseon | ||||||||||
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Hong Chi-jung (1667–1732) was a scholar-official and Prime Minister of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 18th century from 1729 to 1732.[1]
He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 9th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.[2]
In 1719, King Sukjong dispatched a diplomatic mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Yoshimune.[3] This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade.[4]
This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized."[5]
The Joseon embassy arrived in Kyoto on the 10th month of the 4th year of Kyōhō, according to the Japanese calendar in use at that time.[6] Hong Chi-jung was the chief envoy.[3]
Pak Tong-chi's historical significance was confirmed when his mission and his name was specifically mentioned in a widely distributed history published by the Oriental Translation Fund in 1834.[6]
In the West, early published accounts of the Joseon kingdom are not extensive, but they are found in Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (published in Paris in 1832),[7] and in Nihon ōdai ichiran (published in Paris in 1834). Joseon foreign relations and diplomacy are explicitly referenced in the 1834 work.