Ch'oe Myŏnggil (Korean: 최명길; Hanja: 崔鳴吉; 7 October 1586 – June 19, 1647^[3]) was a Korean Joseon politician and Neo-Confucian scholar of the Yangmingist school who came from the Jeonju Choe clan. He served as the Joseon Chief State Councilor from 1638 to 1640 and 1642 to 1644.

• Jicheon Yujip (지천유집 遲川遺集)
• Jicheon Jucha (지천주차 遲川奏箚)

• Father: Choe Gi-nam (최기남, 崔起南; 1559–1619)
  • Grandfather: Choe Su-jun (최수준, 崔秀俊)
• Mother: Lady Yu of the Jeonju Yu clan (정경부인 전주 유씨, 貞敬夫人 全州 柳氏; 1556–1615)
  • Grandfather: Yu Yeong-rip (유영립, 柳永立; 1537–1599)
• Siblings
  • Older brother: Choe Nae-gil, Prince Wancheon (최내길 완천군, 崔來吉 完川君; 1583–1649)
  • Younger brother: Choe Hye-gil (최혜길, 崔惠吉; 1591–1662)
  • Younger brother: Choe Ga-gil (최가길, 崔嘉吉)
• Wives and children:
  • Lady Jang of the Indong Jang clan (정경부인 인동 장씨, 貞敬夫人 仁同 張氏); eldest daughter of Jang-Man (장만, 張晩) – No issue, so they adopted Choe Hye-gil's 2nd son.
    • Adopted son: Choe Hu-ryang, Prince Walleung (최후량 완릉군, 崔後亮 完陵君; 1616–1693)
      • Adopted daughter-in-law: Ahn Jung-im, Lady Ahn of the Gwangju Ahn clan (안중임 광주 안씨, 安仲任 廣州 安氏; 1621–1673); eldest daughter of Ahn Heon-jing (안헌징, 安獻徵)
        • Grandson: Choe Seok-jin (최석진, 崔錫晉; b. 1640)
        • Grandson: Choe Seok-jeong (최석정, 崔錫鼎; 1646–1715); become the adoptive son of his uncle, Choe Hu-sang
          • Granddaughter-in-law: Lady Yi Gyeong-eok (이경억, 李慶億)
            • Great-Grandson: Choe Chang-dae (최창대, 崔昌大)
        • Grandson: Choe Seok-hang (최석항, 崔錫恒; 1654–1724)
        • Granddaughter: Lady Choe Du-sik (최두식, 崔斗息; b. 1651)
          • Grandson-in-law: Yun Je-myeong (윤제명, 尹濟明)
        • Granddaughter: Lady Choe Dan-sik (최단식, 崔端息; b. 1656)
          • Grandson-in-law: Shin Gok (신곡, 申轂)
  • Lady Heo of the Yangcheon Heo clan (정경부인 양천 허씨, 貞敬夫人 陽川 許氏); daughter of Heo In (허인, 許嶙)
    • Son: Choe Hu-sang (최후상, 崔後尙; 1631–1680) – No issue, so he adopted Choe Hu-ryang's 2nd son.
  • Unnamed concubine (첩)
    • Daughter: Lady Choe (최씨, 崔氏)
      • Son-in-law: Gu Hoeng (구횡, 具鐄; b. 1638) of the Neungseong Gu clan; son of Gu In-hu, Internal Prince Neungcheon (구인후 능천부원군, 具仁垕 綾川府院君)^[4]

• Portrayed by Kim Sung-won in the 1981 KBS1 TV Series Daemyeong.
• Portrayed by Kim Ha-kyun in the 2013 JTBC TV series Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers.
• Portrayed by Jeon No-min in the 2014 tvN TV series The Three Musketeers.
• Portrayed by Im Ho in the 2015 MBC TV series Splendid Politics.
• Portrayed by Kim Tae-hoon (actor) in the 2023 MBC TV series My Dearest.
• Portrayed by Lee Byung-hun in the 2017 film The Fortress.

• Portrayed in the 2019 KakaoPage Webtoon series Finally, The Blue Flame

• Kim Jip
• Kim Yuk

• Choe Myeong-gil:Navercast (in Korean)
• Choe Myeong-gil, Korean historical person information Archived 2017-04-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• Kim Haboush, JaHyun and Martina Deuchler (1999). Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674179820; OCLC 40926015
• Lee, Peter H. (1993). Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231079129; ISBN 9780231079143; ISBN 9780231104449; OCLC 26353271
• Noh, Daehwan. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal. Winter 2003.