Kim Man-jung (1637–1692)[1] was a Korean novelist and politician of the mid-Joseon period. He was the great grandson of Kim Jang-saeng and grandnephew of Kim Jip, eminent Neo-Confucian scholars of the Joseon period. He was the son of Kim Ik-gyeom (김익겸, 金益兼) and his mother was from the Haepyeong Yun clan (해평윤씨, 海平尹氏). His father died during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea (병자호란, 丙子胡亂)[2] before he was born and his mother as a single parent raised him and his brother Kim Mangi (김만기, 金萬基).