Chŏng Pal

In this Korean name, the family name is Chŏng.

Navy captain Chŏng Pal (Korean: 정발; Hanja: 鄭撥, 1553–14th day, 4th month of 1592) was a general of the Joseon period who commanded a garrison at Busan port.

Duke Ch'ungjang Chŏng Pal
Native name	정발
Born	1553 Yŏnch'ŏn ,Joseon
Died	14th day, 4th month of 1592 Pusanjin, Joseon
Cause of death	Killed in action
Buried	Yeoncheon, South Korea
Allegiance	Joseon
Battles / wars	Imjin War Siege of Busanjin  †
Korean name
Hangul	정발
Hanja	鄭撥
RR	Jeong Bal
MR	Chŏng Pal
Art name
Hangul	백운
Hanja	白雲
RR	Baekun
MR	Paegun
Courtesy name
Hangul	자고
Hanja	子固
RR	Jago
MR	Chago
Posthumous name
Hangul	충장
Hanja	忠壯
RR	Chungjang
MR	Ch'ungjang

Death

He was killed in action in 1592, during the Siege of Busan, while defending the garrison from elements of the Japanese vanguard, led by the Christian warlord Konishi Yukinaga.

Eventually, his entire garrison was overrun and massacred by Japanese forces. He was the first high-ranking officer to be killed in combat during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598).^{[citation needed]}

Some Korean accounts of the war say that Chŏng fled the battle rather than fight, but the accepted version is that he stayed and died fighting the invaders. Nanjungjaprok contains the witness reports of survivors of the Siege of Busan, in which the survivors claimed that Chŏng stood his ground instead of running. There is a statue of him defending the city in the centre of Busan.^[1]

He was enshrined in the Chungnyeolsa (Busan) in 1624.^[2]