Sŏ Hŭi

Sŏ Hŭi (; ; 942 – 8 August 998) was a Korean politician and diplomat during the early days of the Goryeo period. His art name was Yŏmyun and his posthumous name was Changwi. Sŏ is best remembered for his diplomatic skills that led 60,000 Khitan troops to withdraw from Goryeo.

Family Sŏ Hŭi was of the Icheon Sŏ clan and was the son of who, during the King Gwangjong's reign, served as Secretary-General , the highest official post of the Department of the Royal Secretariat . Until the time of his grandfather, , the Sŏ clan was a , or a powerful local gentry clan based in the modern-day Icheon area, in the southeast of Gyeonggi Province.

Sŏ Hŭi, however, was convinced that the Liao were acting from a position of "fear of us" and begged the king to "return to the capital and let us, your officers, wage one more battle". Sŏ rhetorically referred to the land that King Gwangjong had conquered from the Jurchens and which the Khitans (Liao) now held as "former Koguryŏ territory". After Xiao's forces were repulsed from further advances at the Battle of Anyung Fortress, Sŏ went to the Liao encampment to negotiate a settlement. Part of their conversation is excerpted:

In popular culture Portrayed by Han Bum-hee in the 2002–2003 KBS TV series The Dawn of the Empire. Portrayed by Im Hyuk in the 2009 KBS2 TV series Empress Cheonchu.