Yun Hyu

Who was Yun Hyu?

Yun Hyu was a Korean Joseon Dynastys politician and Neo-Confucian scholar, poet. Yun was the political leader of the Southern faction of the Joseon Dynasty. His courtesy name was Baegho and Haheon, Yahbo. a member of the South Man Party.

he was nominated to be a Jipyeong as a Yebinshijeong and had served in various other posts, before he left politics to absorb himself in scholarly pursuits.

In 1660 he became a leading figure in the controversy regarding the mourning rituals over King Hyojong. In 1674 he became involved again in a second round of the controversy, this time over the death of Queen Inseon. In 1680 he was ordered to commit suicide by King Sukjong after a long public debate with Song Siyeol. In 1680 Yun Hyu was expelled and exiled to Gapsan and that year sentenced to death and executed.