Sim Sunt'aek

{{Short description|Korean politician (1824–1906)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sim Sunt'aek
{{nobold|심순택}}

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| office = Cabinet Minister of the Korean Empire

| term_start = 24 September 1898

| term_end = 11 October 1898

| predecessor =

| successor =

| monarch = Gojong

| term_start1 = 12 October 1897

| term_end1 = 10 December 1897

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| monarch1 = Gojong

| office2 = Cabinet Minister of Joseon

| term_start2 = 1 August 1897

| term_end2 = 12 October 1897

| predecessor2 = Kim Byeong-si

| successor2 = as the Cabinet Minister of Korea

| monarch2 = Gojong

| office3 = Chief State Councillor

| term_start3 = 8 December 1884

| term_end3 = 20 July 1894

| predecessor3 = Kim Byeong-guk

| successor3 = Kim Byeong-si

| office4 = Left State Councillor

| term_start4 = 7 December 1884

| term_end4 = 8 December 1884

| predecessor4 = Yi Jae-won

| successor4 = Kim Hong-jip

| office5 = Right State Councillor

| term_start5 = 7 October 1884

| term_end5 = 6 December 1884

| predecessor5 = Kim Byeong-deok

| successor5 = Kim Hong-jip

| birth_date = 1824

| birth_place =Cheongsong, Gyeongsang Province, Joseon

| death_date = {{death year and age|1906|1824}}

| death_place = Hanseong-bu, Korean Empire

| title= Duke Cheongnyeong ({{Korean|hangul=청녕공|hanja=靑寧公|labels=no}}; given by Gojong in 1906)

| father=Shim Ui-rin

| mother=Lady, of the Uiryeong Nam clan

| spouse=Lady, of the Hansan Yi clan
Duchess, of the Neungseong Gu clan

| relatives=Sim Hun-taek (older brother)
Sim Yi-taek (younger brother)

| children=Sim Sang-jin (adopted son)
3 daughters

| country = Joseon Kingdom, Korean Empire

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

|hangul=심순택

|hanja=沈舜澤

|rr=Sim Suntaek

|mr=Sim Sunt'aek

|hangulja=치화

|hanjaja=穉華

|rrja=Chihwa

|mrja=Ch'ihwa

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Duke Sim Sunt'aek or Shim Soon-Taek (1824–1906) was a high-ranking official of the Korean Empire who proposed an anti-Japan policy.{{cite web|url=http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/tabCon/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_6JOc_A1824_1_0006645 |script-title=ko:한국역대인물 종합정보 시스템 |website=Academy of Korean Studies|accessdate=2011-03-27}} He came from the Cheongsong Shim clan. Gojong of Korea awarded the Order of the Plum Blossom to Shim in 1902. In 1906, Shim got the title of Duke.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:조선왕조실록 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kza_14302020_001 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}} Shim told Gojong that he does not need a title but, Gojong replied him that the reason why he ennobled Shim was because Shim has a lot of merits.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:조선왕조실록 |url=http://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kza_14302021_003 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty}}