Park Seung-jong

Park Seung-jong (朴承宗, 1562 – 1623) was a civil official of Joseon. His courtesy name was Hyoback (孝伯), his pen name was Toewudang (退憂堂), his family seat was Miryang, and his posthumous name was Sukmin (肅愍). The daughter of Park An-se (朴安世) and Hwang Rim (黃琳) were Park Seung-jong's father and mother. He was the great-grandson of Park Chung-won and the grandson of Park Kye-hyeon.

He passed the civil service examination during the reign of King Seonjo and served as Bonggyo and Junior Secretary of the Ministry of War, among other posts. In 1600 he traveled to Ming as a envoy of the Winter Solstice Embassy. He then became Deputy Head of the Royal Secretariat, Right Royal Secretariat Vice Director, Left Royal Secretariat Vice Director, Vice Minister of Rites, Right Royal Secretary, Left Royal Secretary, Grand Censor-General, Junior Vice Minister of Revenue, Vice Director of the Hall of Worthies, Vice Minister of Rites, Vice Minister of War, Royal Secretariat Chief, Grand Censor, Commissioner of the Royal Investigation Bureau, Minister of Justice, Minister of War, Grand Academician, Concurrent Commissioner of the Royal Investigation Bureau, Right Chanchan, Left Chanchan, , , and finally . In 1619, when followers of attempted to kill at , he risked his life to stop them. Before the of 1623, he requested together with Yu Hui-bun that conduct a secret investigation. When the Injo Restoration broke out, he regretted that his granddaughter had become the of Gwanghaegun and that his clan had enjoyed power for a long time, and he committed suicide by poison together with his son.