Hong Gye-hui

Hong Gye-hui (; 1703–1771) was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon period in the 18th century.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 10th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.

1748 mission to Japan This image of a Joseon tongsinsa procession through the streets of Edo in 1748 is entitled Chosenjin Ukie by Hanegawa Tōei, c. 1748. In 1748, King Yeongjo of Joseon directed that a diplomatic mission to Japan would be dispatched.

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized."

This embassy traveled to Edo in the 1st year of the Japanese era of Kan'en, according to the Japanese calendar in use at that time. The chief envoy of this Joseon delegation was Hong Gye-hui. and in Nihon ōdai ichiran (published in Paris in 1834). Joseon foreign relations and diplomacy are explicitly referenced in the 1834 work.

Popular culture Portrayed by Jang Hyun-sung in the 2014 SBS TV series Secret Door.