Shin Ryu

Infobox Korean name
hangul=신류
hanja=申瀏
rr=Sin Ryu
mr=Sin Ryu

Shin Ryu (Hangul:신류, Hanja:申瀏) (1619-1680) was a general of the Joseon Dynasty. He was born into a yangban family of the Pyeongsan Shin lineage in modern-day Chilgok County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, near where his shrine now stands in Yangmok-myeon. He passed the military gwageo in 1645, and went on to hold various state positions. In 1654, he was appointed commander ("cheomsa", 僉使) of Hyesan in Joseon's northern border province of Hamgyeongbuk-do.

Shin is best remembered today for his role in Joseon's 1658 expedition against Russian forces led by Onufrij Stepanov in Manchuria. His diary of this expedition, in which roughly 200 Joseon forces from Hamgyeongbuk-do armed with matchlocks joined with a smaller number of Qing forces to repel the Russian expedition, is one of only two records of the battle (북정일기, 北征日記). A modern edition was published in 1980.

ee also

*Military history of Korea
*Manchus-Cossacks wars
*History of Korea
*List of Koreans
*List of Korea-related topics

External links

* [http://www.invil.org/english/tourism/themeTour/contents.jsp?con_no=26475&Menu_no=22033&cate=cate2&sub_no=0&page_no=1 Invil profile of Shin's shrine]
* [http://www.chilgok.go.kr/main/main.asp?mcode=05-04-02&URL1=/main/culture/person/person_043.asp 칠곡군: 고장의 인물]
* [http://times.hankooki.com/cgi-bin/hkiprn.cgi?pa=/lpage/opinion/200402/kt2004021817051411390.htm&ur=times.hankooki.com&fo=print_kt.htm Editorial discussing the legacy of the 1658 expedition]
* [http://mtcha.com.ne.kr/korea-term/sosun/term86-nasunjungbul.htm Manchu-Korean expedition against Russian expansion (나선정벌 (羅禪征伐)]
* [http://dicimg.empas.com/art/k03n001801m4.jpgmap of the Manchu-Korean expedition against Russian expansion (나선정벌 (羅禪征伐)]
* [http://culturedic.daum.net/UploadFiles/ThumbNail/cp0208/460/cp0208410821_001_460.jpgmap of the Manchu-Korean expedition against Russian expansion ]
* [http://battle.culturecontent.com/content/battle_tactics/view.asp?bat_idx=464&bat_kind=정복과 Manchu-Korean expedition against Russian expansion (나선정벌 (羅禪征伐)]