Ch'ŏk Chun-gyŏng

After Duke Gyerim became King Sukjong, he appointed Ch'ŏk as an administrative aide of the Security Council (추밀원별가; 樞密院別駕).

[2][5] On February 27,[d] Yun Kwan and his deputy commander, O Yŏn-ch'ong (오연총; 吳延寵), and their force of 8000 men were ambushed by a Jurchen surprise attack.

Ch'ŏk and his men killed 10 enemy combatants and helped Yun and O fend the Jurchen ambushers until Goryeo reinforcements led by Ch'oe Hong-jong (최홍정; 崔弘正) and Yi Kwan-jin arrived.

Yi Cha-gyŏm and his clan were the maternal in-laws of Goryeo's royal House of Wang, and he had more power and influence than the king himself.

[8] In 1123, Ch'ŏk was appointed the minister of personnel (이부상서; 吏部尙書; ibu sangsŏ) and the assistant executive in political affairs (참지정사; 參知政事; ch'amjijŏngsa).

[9] On March 20, 1126,[f] loyalists of King Injong attempted to assassinate Yi Cha-gyŏm and Ch'ŏk Chun-gyŏng and remove their influence on the government.

During the night, the angered Ch'ŏk, without consulting his ally Yi, burned the royal palace to the ground to force the conspirators to surrender.

[2][8][10] On May 9 ,[g] Ch'ŏk was rewarded for suppressing the conspirators with the office of the Superintendent of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Executive of Secretariat-Chancellery (문하시랑 판병부사; 門下侍郞 判兵部事), giving him command of the armed forces.

Three months after the assassination plot had been foiled, Ch'ŏk and his soldiers would arrest Yi Cha-gyŏm and his political allies.