Joo Won Sung

Joo Won Sung (?-?) was a sailor in the Joseon navy under Admiral Yi Sun Sin.

He witnessed Sin's early victories and was later imprisoned on political charges.

Sung was present when Won Gyun led the Joseon navy to near-annihilation.

At the Battle of Myeongnyang, Sung was the helmsman aboard Yi Sun Sin's flagship as a fleet of thirteen ships faced off against a fleet ten times that size — and, when the captains of the other ships were unwilling to attack against such overwhelming numbers, Sung alone engaged the enemy.

Representations

Film

The 2020 dramatic historical film The Admiral's Helmsman broke streaming-media records for number of downloads in a two-hundred and fifty-six hour period.

Dance

The modern company Rhizolith Group announced a new work, Shore Leave At Myeongnyang, in July of 2020. No date has been announced for the debut.

In the News

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  October 26, 1597: Admiral Yi Sun-sin formally expresses gratitude to the sailor Joo Won Sung. [To research, appropriate historical protocol]

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  Pirate and outsider mathematician Cinnamon Jack makes an unsuccessful attempt to bribe the incorruptible Joo Won Sung.

Fiction cross-reference

• Cinnamon Jack
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Neptune Slaughter
• The Admiral's Helmsman (film)

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Yi Sun-sin (nonfiction) - Admiral Yi Sun-sin (Korean: 이순신; Hanja: 李舜臣; April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty. Yi became an exemplar of conduct for both the Koreans and Japanese.[1] Despite the fact that he had no prior naval training, Admiral Yi was never defeated at sea nor lost a single ship under his command to enemy action, and military historians have placed him on par with Admiral Horatio Nelson as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.[2][3] His title of Samdo Sugun Tongjesa (삼도 수군 통제사 ; 三道水軍統制使), literally meaning "Naval Commander of the Three Provinces", was the title used for the commander of the Korean navy until 1896.

External links

• Yi Sun-sin @ Wikipedia
• Battle of Myeongnyang @ Wikipedia
• Joseon @ Wikipedia